This is what happens to children. They do something they think is fun and their parents tell them not to do it. They ask why not? The parents either give a nons

This is what happens to children. They do something they think is fun and their parents tell them not to do it. They ask why not? The parents either give a nonsensical half-answer because they don’t know how or don’t want to give a full answer (and aren’t sure their children could understand it), or they give a non-answer like “because I said so.” The child quickly gets the take-away message that parents are arbitrary assholes who have control issues, so they learn to just disregard everything their parents say. At least that’s what happened to me and every person I grew up with. I realize that children don’t always have the mental skills to understand everything the way adults do, but there has to be a better way to handle these situations than they are currently being handled.