Comment Re:Parents failed me less than you think. (Score 1) 143
It used to be normal to learn, quite young, that some stuff was not ours to fuck with. We could look at it, maybe (depending) handle it, but it was not to be eaten, played with, dismantled, or anything else. We were then trusted to have the sense the gods gave a turnip, and abide by those rules. I expect the teaching and the trust are much the same element.
Even dumb kids learned that much, so I won't buy that kids have declined so much that they can't understand the rules.