You Are Not My Father!

You Are Not My Father!

You hear this statement repeated a lot by young children and young adults.  What I see is that if the child will not listen to the father, and he will not listen to an authority figure because this person is not his father either, then whom will this child listen to? 

This child does not wish to listen to the teacher.

This child does not wish to listen to the judge. 

This child does not wish to listen to the Police Officer.

This child does not wish to listen to the psychologist.

This child does not wish to listen to the friend.

This child has no respect for his father, so he has no respect for any authority; he has no respect for anyone.  He is childishly rebellious to everyone.  He is not rebelling out of wisdom, he is not a Jesus, he is not a Socrates, he is not a Lao-tzu, he is not an Osho.  He is an immature child that is rebelling all authority with no inner light of his own.  I see this problem in a lot of Americans.  I see this problem in a lot of people in this culture because many homes are broken.  Many fathers are simply not around, and those who are around are not properly disciplining their children.  This creates a world with many complications; there is no respect for authority.