The security of the family depends in part on the obedience to parental authority. This implies respect for one in authority. Obedience is yielding one's self and will to authority. Obedience is a form of guidance. Through it the child learns to adapt behavior to proper standards.
Obedience is the foundation for character.
The one in authority should know what is best to do. The ultimate design for obedience is the independent maturity in the young person. All through life we must adjust to people. Other people have rights that we must consider as well as our own. Prisons and mental health institutions are filled with people who will not submit to authority.