If there’s one thing teens are short on, it’s respect for their elders, their teachers, and their parents. That’s never been a modern problem because young people have always been rebellious.

Marc Mero was no different. But it took a radical wakeup call for him to realize how very wrong every teenager is.

Marc Mero looks into the tearful audience and confesses that he could have made a world of difference in his mother’s life if only he had been a kinder son.

Marc was a professional wrestler. He traveled and saw the world with his wrestling career. He was not all that different as a young person, but at the height of his rebellion, he got a phone call he will never forget.

Since finishing his wrestling career, Mero has been traveling the world, passing on this lesson he has learned and making it a point of giving this speech in every school that would have him — and EVERYBODY needs to hear him.

His message is so captivating that there is not a dry eye in the house. You can’t watch this without shedding a tear. I was crying for hours after watching this.