How many kids, from punishment, learn the lesson "don't do X while parents are watching" instead of "don't do X for moral reasons/etc"? How many children cut st

How many kids, from punishment, learn the lesson "don't do X while parents are watching" instead of "don't do X for moral reasons/etc"? How many children cut strict parents from their lives once they are self-sufficient? If you could always guarantee punishment and/or consequences this wouldn't be such a big deal in the first place.