My 16 year old daughter gets her share of respect (from mom and me) because she's one of the better kids...not just saying that because Im her dad. She deeply cares about her hs GPA and has to take cr@p from teachers that clearly have NO respect for children. Still she fights even harder and maintains high honors, has several goals in action for college, and is just Good.

Now if someone was to take the opinion that she doesnt deserve respect cause shes a kid I'd have a SERIOUS problem with them. We teach respect and reward it and it produces a noble child that has respect for others she meets.

Please dont limit yourself by lumping kids into snot nosed brats that dont deserve your respect. They are people too. Now if we were talking about a disrespectful 8 -12 year old I would agree with you.

On the same note, kid or adult, you treat me with no respect once and game over