One of my favorite subjects lately has been the relationship between the fifth commandment and youth culture. The fifth commandment seems to me to presuppose that human societies flourish most when there is intergenerational continuity and unity. So the very idea of youth culture is an attack on the assumptions about reality that are embedded in the fifth commandment.
Interesting, isn’t it, that there is no “expiration date” (i.e. until you’re 18, or 21) on that commandment nor its iteration in Ephesians 6?
Amen! “the first commandment with a promise” suggests that this commandment, if broken, will bring curse rather than blessing. O’ that youth would feel the import of this and experience the blessing! “Lord, burn into the hearts of our youth the longing to honor parents and make the parents honorable so the youth may do so with joy and experience the blessings.”