Developmentally, children have no alternative; that's all they have to wire their brains (from learning to walk to learning to talk and on). Part of the things

Developmentally, children have no alternative; that's all they have to wire their brains (from learning to walk to learning to talk and on). Part of the things you learn as young person is to delay gratification, and think before you act because it pays off in the end. Adults are perfectly justified to use that acquired skill. Overanalysing is usually pointless, but the opposite, not doing so at all is ... childish.