THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
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Honour your father and mother.
God reveals his will and desire that, after him, we should honor our parents.
This commandment expresses the parent-children relationship which is the most universal. Everyone is obliged to honor and respect all those whom God, for our good, has vested with his authority, especially our parents.
For, they are the source of life. The family is the original cell of social life. In this social cell, the parents have care and responsibility for the young, the old, the sick, and the poor. Their examples presuppose a natural goodwill in keeping with the dignity of human persons concerned for justice and fraternity.
We must show them respect and gratitude, which helps maintain strong family bonds and promote a healthy family dynamic.
Do I respect my parents and listen to them when they speak to me?
Honor every relationship–much more online.
Respect and love everyone you meet online
Do I value my friends, or other relationships, online?
Relationship building on social media is common and easy. Emotions, feelings, thoughts, ideas, and everything are shared instantly and immediately. The alarming fact is the reliability of the shared things.
The shared emoji images and stickers can easily be misused; things might be manipulated. There is no direct and active participation of a person just as one does in normal social conversation.
Even with grudges and bad intentions, one can compose his message positively. Media conversations are taken mas time-pass; entertainment and moments of sensual pleasures.
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Every person (including the known persons, best friends, and so on) is seen as an object of pleasure for no one is going to see and probe the mind of a viewer as long as it is exhibited in an evil action. Therefore, honoring every relationship online is significant. ​
It is a value. The right to human dignity and mutual respect is an unwritten law of nature.
Being a human implies the responsibility to care for and respect the individuality and uniqueness of every person.
Engage in a healthy relationship online
Respect everyone
No one is the subject of our ill-talk and no one is an object of our unhealthy pleasure.
The world may now know who I am but I can make sure that whom I meet online is my brother and sister, and friend who has the potential to change my mindset, and my perceptive power and keep me happy.
[You may try these]
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Monitoring the children's friends, groups, or acquaintances online to ensure that they are maintaining healthy relationships with them.
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Sharing posts or materials online that respect everyone.
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Being the source of joy-sharing and pain-easing.