I just appreciate a place of respect [when] given to the hoary head as Scripture says. I don’t understand young people who call their parents by their first names, even if, sad to say, they were brought up that way.
When someone gets to the point of having raised some children and gotten along in life and [gone on] with the Lord a bit, they typically have acquired some wisdom—spiritual and natural. That fact and the respect due is acknowledged in one way by the manner of addressing such an older one.
One of the marks of the last days is the lack of respect shown for every institution of God. Giving up the truth of God has resulted in terrible moral breakdown in Christian lands. It is vitally important to hold fast the precious truth of God in these dark days, and we see that the Word of God plainly talks of honor and respect that is to be shown to those who are older.
From a letter (adapted)