You get older, move out of the house, get a spouse, job, life, etc...?
How do you "honor your father and mother" when they are so utterly undeserving of it? You don't respect them, like them, and/or they don't care about you?
How do you honor your parents as you get older and you don't agree with their decisions?
How do you honor your parents within a good relationship?
How do you honor your parents when there are in-laws now in the picture?
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(the following was taken from http://www.levitt.com/hebrew/commandments.html)
Hebraic Insight…
The fifth mitzvah (commandment) marks a transition from the first four (which have to do with our vertical relationship with the Lord) to the following five (which have to do with our horizontal relationship with others). In this pivotal commandment, the word translated “honor” (kah-bed) derives from a root word meaning “weighty,” in terms of impressiveness or importance. The same word is also used to refer to our heartfelt attitude toward God.
The Lord intended that the mishpakah (family) would picture His relationship with us. Just as God created both man and woman in His image (Gen. 1:27), so children are to regard their parents as divinely ordained and truly significant.
The first four mitzvot tell us about God; and it is only through obedience to these commandments that we are able to really understand our own identity — as well as the identity of others in our family, our community, and our world.
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so in other words, we are to value our parents. honor them. hold them in high regard. feel the "weightiness" of having them as parents. this means you care about them, you love them, you cherish them. not that you like them or what they say, but that you honor them.
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