We should all honor our parents, but should we always follow their rules?  With some parents, the answer is "yes" but, with most parents, the answer is "no, not always".   That may sound strange to some, as if I am advising people to disobey their parents, but that is not what I mean.  First, I think children should obey their parents until they are old enough to make their own decisions unless their parents are clearly telling them to do something illegal or immoral (sadly, it happens).  All I am saying is that, when you are old enough, you need to stop automatically doing things the way your parents did and think for yourself.  This doesn't mean rebelling just for the sake of being difficult, but rather to consider that their may be better choices and better opportunities for you that your parents may not have been able to take advantage of when they were younger because they didn't exist or were too costly.  We need to respect our parents and the decisions they made in their lives, but that doesn't mean we can't do better.  In fact, many parents want their children to do better, although they often have specific ideas of what that will be.  The simple truth is,  while rebelling can cause problems, rebels are also responsible for making progress.  It takes a bit of rebelling to try something new and make progress.