If you have to actively instill or remind of your authority, repeatedly, yes you have a problem. The way you conduct yourself as a father should instill that, you’re right. What does need to be pointed to very often is the Bible, which is where God lays out to parents and children their respective roles in the household in relation to each other and Christ. Automatically disregarding authority is as bad as automatically following it. Teaching children the hierarchy established in the Word, and then operating from that worldview when living in the world and interacting with your parents, strangers, governments, and everyone in between is the answer. Just because we live at a generational bottom of good authority figures doesn’t mean we throw it all out and say anarchism is the answer. Your og tweet implied that was your thought process. Playful practice on dad I’m not against. “When the righteous increase, the people rejoice. But when a wicked man rules, people groan.” Prov 29:2 (NASB95)

Anarchy is voluntary hierarchy...