People say Be responsible and some people hear Be dull. Other people hear Guilty. It's so much more than being defensive, a limited view of responsibility. But acceptance is more than respect. A response of yes is great.
Fear is overcome.
There's a scale here. A scale of acceptance. A scale of fun. Back in the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev told Ronald Reagan that he would take something very dear to him. He said that he would deprive him of his enemy.