With trust and relationships, you really can’t have one without the other. Almost every type of relationship is doomed to failure if the parties don’t demonstrate integrity in their mutual dealings. For example, if you purchase some item from a retail shop and it proves to be defective, you rely on the seller to be honorable and give you a replacement. However, if you find that the seller refuses to do so or attempts to renege on a verbal agreement, you won’t trust that seller and won’t buy from him in the future. You don’t find him worthy of your trust. The same situation exists in parent-child relationships. Parents generally teach their kids to earn trust by demonstration. If the child tells the parent he’s going to be at the library, but is discovered to be at his girlfriend’s house, the element of trust is compromised and must be rebuilt.