Promoting a healthy relationship must empower the importance of respect – respect for individuality, humanity, differences, and regardless of the person’s origin, beliefs, and principles. Respect should be genuinely offered more than earned because how we want to be treated must first reflect on our behavior and manners. However, this does not guarantee another person’s reciprocity which is why respect must be inculcated or instilled individually.
Some people believe that respect must be demanded. A demand does not always lead to healthy relationships. Relationships built in a forced respect become toxic over time.