Generations do as generations do. Individual parents do parenting. As the generations, beginning with the Boomers began to despise their parents, this problem entered generationally. However, individual parents can and do get respect from their children. I respected and listened to my parents. My children, grown and otherwise, do the same.

All children respect some authority. They listen to some voices and not others. It is the job of a parent to make certain that children listen to wisdom.