DEUT1499 Concerning neglecting [the mitzvah of] respect for one's father and mother, which is a positive commandment, the pasuk says [this verse], "Cursed is he who shames his father or his mother." "Shame's" means that he shows them disrespect and contravenes the [requirements of] awe due them, as our Sage's, z"l said, (Kidushin 31b), "'Every man shall fear his mother and father' (Vayikra 19:3). What is the nature of awe for one's father? One must not sit in his father's place, not contradict his words, nor support an opposing viewpoint."