Everyone deserves a basic respect just for the aspect of being alive. Overall no one is better than you, yet no one is beneath you.
So true. I get annoyed when people say respect needs to be earned. I dont necessarily believe that is true. Sure, some VERSION of respect, but one more based on some kind of arbitary transactional relationship.
As for parents.. ugh. There's a generation of adults raising a generation of entitled kids out there, that's for sure! Luckily there's also good parents too. Like us, right? Kids absolutely need boundaries.