...respected my husband.

It's hard enough for a father to see his daughter as a married woman let alone some man's wife. However, fathers have to understand that their daughters will grow up and may marry.

Fathers need to be supportive of their daughter's husband and marriage. A father who does not respect his daughter's husband will lose her respect.

...respect me.

As a grown woman, with a husband and children and a home of her own, I realize I still have not earned my father's respect. I realize that this is something that I might never get, and I would just have to accept that and move on.

When parents respect their children, they open up doors to a new type of relationship. A relationship based on maturity and reciprocity.