Which action honors parents?

• A. Honor your parents.
• B. Ignore parental advice.
• C. Listen to them and obey their rules.
• D. Move away from home.

Answer: (C)

Honoring parents is shown through respectful, active engagement with them—loving, valuing their guidance, and living out their wisdom. The action that best expresses this honor is listening to them and obeying their rules. It puts respect into practice by seeking their counsel, deferring to their experience, and aligning your behavior with the guidance they give, within reasonable bounds. This concrete obedience demonstrates trust and care in the relationship, which is the lived form of honoring.

Ignoring parental advice contradicts honor by dismissing their role and wisdom. Moving away from home can sever the relationship or reduce daily accountability, which isn’t itself honoring in the same direct, relational way. Simply acknowledging the idea of honoring them is less about action and more about how one responds, and listening and obeying their guidance is the clearest, most concrete expression of that respect.