If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.
Age is no guarantee of maturity.
If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.
True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.
Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.
It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.