When A Child Is Rude or Disrespectful To Their Parent (s) Who Is To Blame ?

Discipline

If your child is continuously backchatting or being disrespectful to you whose fault is it?

a) Completely the child's fault for being badly mannered.
b) Partially the parent(s) fault for allowing this behaviour to carry on.
c) The parent (s) and child share the blame; the parents for failing to nip it in the bud and the child for refusing to listen to the parents.
d) None of the above.