It is inferred that parents should care for their children and have their best interests at heart. This, however, is not the case in Greek and Roman mythology. Killing one's children, or filicide, was not seen as a bad thing in their era. The contemporary era contrasts with that of Greek and Roman antiquity because the use of all means necessary to obtain a higher status was justified. The Greeks and Romans valued maintaining a high social reputation and respecting those who held great power. The maternal union between the children conflicts with the reality that the father strives to maintain or gain control. These circumstances cause a strained bond between family members. The strained relationship between parent and child in Greco-Roman myths is prevalent in that parents are afraid of being overwhelmed by their children and strive to limit their education. In a society where social standing was vital to having a successful family, Greek and Roman families struggled internally with each other. This constant conflict stems from his father's desire for control and his high position of power in society. In the Greek myth Demeter and Persephone, Zeus's interest in his selfish gains drives him to "(give) Persephone to the Lord of the Dead to become his queen" (Rosenberg Demeter 96). Zeus does not ask Persephone nor Demeter, his beloved wife, not to show any opinion about their feelings. Although Zeus actually just wanted to have a powerful family with the addition of Hades, his love of power overrode his love for his family and created tension between him and the other members. In another Greek myth, Jason and the Golden Fleece, shows man's love for supremacy through... the medium of paper... the children, Zeus, survived and ultimately this led to the fall of Kronos . To maintain his pre-eminence, Cronus needed to limit his competition, who were his children. Furthermore, in the Medea myth, Medea murdered both her children and her younger brother, without any sympathy. To ensure that her younger brother would not rebel against her in the future, she took the necessary steps to eliminate him. Medea also kills her own children that she gave birth to Jason, only to make him suffer. The vicious ways in which parents controlled their children's lives just triggered a more hostile relationship. Parents and children do not always seem to get along due to the fact that children strive to overthrow their parents. The myths of the Greeks and Romans emulate their core values ​​where kings were afraid that their sons were too powerful.