I was responding to the person who asked me what 'role' my dad had. I was trying to explain that my family doesn't necessarily recognize roles for the husband/wife in the sense that many christians believe that the man has the role of being the 'head of the household', which entails certain responsibilities, and then the wife and children have their own roles which entail certain expectations and responsibilities. You can get a sense of what I'm talking about if you read some of the other posts. It's really different for every family and I just like reading the different interpretations.

However, I sort of took issue w/ the person I was quoting b/c it seemed he was implying that if a family is structured differently (ie: if the father doesn't identify as the head of the household) that inherently means that the wife and the children will respect the father less than a father who would identify as someone who is the main influencer, the main decision maker, the main bread earner, the 'head' of the family, while his wife is more of a 'helpmate' w/ a different role to submit to the 'head' of the family (as Jullianna describes it).

All I was basically saying is that my family doesn't identify w/ those roles, and even though we are not structured that way, it doesn't mean I have less respect for my parents (or that other children would have less respect for their parents), which is what KiwiCA seemed to be saying in earlier posts.

Hope that makes sense.