The Asian values of "respect your parents" and "children have a duty to parents" impedes the ability of abused children to realize that something is wrong. Par

The Asian values of "respect your parents" and "children have a duty to parents" impedes the ability of abused children to realize that something is wrong. Parents, by making an explicit choice to have kids, are bound to the obligation to not harm or mistreat them. However children never chose to be born, and do not have an obligation to accept responsibilities given by parents, or respect their parents' right to mistreat them. When children complain that the parents are hurting them, parents can avoid responsibility for their abuse by arguing that their children "do not respect them". When children do not go along with their parents' values and orders, parents can easily use "disrespect" as a reason to punish the children. I have Asian parents who physically and mentally abused me, though I'm not sure if they specifically invoked "respect" as justification.