Well, there's more than one way to be a bad parent.

Lol... did I take your original post out of context?

There are plenty

The "be seen not heard" mentality I've always found the most crass. Quiet and respectful is good. But if they don't learn how to talk around adults, they won't know how to talk as an adult. You're so right about the spoiled teens that never learned they need to earn respect, not entitled to it.

"But if they don't learn how to talk around adults, they won't know how to talk as an adult." True. I'm currently going through a somewhat similar, yet far less severe, situation with my daughter. She has a bad habit of correcting people, so most others, obviously, think she's just being rude🤷. She's beginning to listen more, though. She just "can't stand how stupid people can be", to which I always tell her to learn to tolerate it. I've also told her before that even the most intelligent people say and do stupid things from time to time and that she's no exception. "You're so right about the spoiled teens that never learned they need to earn respect, not entitled to it." When it comes to kids like this, you can say the word no to them once and they act like you've committed a federal crime against them🤣.