Everyone has his or her place and responsibility to the other. God's people recognize that parents and other authorities are the masks behind which God hides and through which He blesses. Honor is not something earned. Honor is given on account of God's Word. If God told us to honor a piece of wood or a chunk of rock, we would honor that wood or rock for no other reason than God said so.
Honor is the backbone of community.
Where children do not honor father and mother and their deputies, the home collapses. Where people do not honor their government, society collapses. Where Christians do not honor their pastors, the congregation collapses. We have ample examples all around us. Anarchy abounds in our homes, in our streets, in our churches.