[Avodah] kibud av ve-am

[Micha Berger]

I see people here answering the opposite question I would.

Yes, one has to do what's sane rather than apply textual halakhah to
the detriment of raising one's child to be an observant Jew and having
a managable household.

But what about the reverse? Since the texts couldn't possibly be mandating
a home structure that would neither work day-to-day nor produce good
chinukh, what /do/ they mean?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha