But Daaaaddd. I wanna Be a Samanaaaaa.

I never thought that a god would be so stubborn as  a teenager. But then again, most younglings have that trait. They love fighting with their parents. It's almost as though they make a sport out of it. "I bet I can get my parents to have a worse migrane than yours!"

I can only begin to fathom the sort of living hell that a parent must live through constantly quarreling with his/her child. The sort of mental torture that they must withstand knowing that their kid is doing the wrong thing but they're way too stubborn to pay attention and do as they say. And the treatment that  Siddhartha gives to his father seems horrible. The way that he just ignores him and manipulates him into letting him join the Samanas. As you can see in page 7, when the book says that he "... stood silent and motionless, sat on the mat, and the stars passed across the sky."
But then again, I do have to give credit where credit´s due. The method that Siddhartha uses to convince his dad is remarkable. He knows that if he fights with him he won't get what he wants because his father is trained to have patience and to remain calm. And he's also aware that good things come to those who wait, he combined the both of both worlds and got what he wanted and "joined the pilgrim"

Even the world famous "Advice Mallard" says that you should always trust your parents.

And who can't trust a duck?