Gone, too, is the community where an adult could correct a child - and the child would obey.
However, the parents had instructed their children to return home if this were to happen, and the children obeyed.
The child obeyed and proceeded to count from one to 10 without missing a beat.
The father was the head of the household, the mother ran it, and the children obeyed.
According to Islamic teaching, he tells us, children must unquestioningly obey their parents.
One of the most common complaints of parents is that their child will not obey them.
She ordered and I obeyed, as any child would obey the head of the house.
The women and the children on the bus obeyed.
"Of course, the mother can sometimes misunderstand the child, and the child does not always obey."
The child obeyed without a word, her mother smiling after her.