Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
Parents who are indulgent with their children not only do great harm to their kids, but also to future generations which are likely to mimic their ideologies. The hope that over a period of time the kids would outgrow the evils is a vain and empty hope that is built upon wishful thinking. It is a nothing burger, and It would never happen on its own, but will instead metastasize even more, with the passage of time.
There’s another type of disrespect that makes fun of, or mocks the counsels of parents, teachers, and persons in authority. This form is often more subtle than the overt type manifested by Aaron’s and Eli’s sons. Some children think they know better than their parents who have walked this road before and they might actually know more.
However, to make fun of the counsels of parents is a form of disrespect, and mocking them, as if they are fools, produces adverse results, for when such persons pray, there usually is no answer, for at the ground level they have mocked at God indirectly. This disposition to make fun of parents is what led the sons in law of Lot, and his daughters, to make light of the final warning given to them, and because of this, they perished in the fires of Sodom, just like everyone else, because God is no respecter of any persons.
Genesis 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!