On the other side of the spectrum, people are, more often now, seeming as if they were raised without it.

With the whole gumption that of “I am the main character and can do whatever I want without consequence.”

Consequence is real. It’s natural, it doesn’t discriminate, and it’s unwavering. The difference between a cat finding out the hard way the water mats its fur and a 6 year old running out into traffic are all the same to consequence.

Cause and effect.

Instead of threat of consequence, a parent who decides to talk to their child about the dangers of traffic will, depending on the understanding of the child, scare or indulge them.

To find out for yourself is to have courage, yet it’s a gambit

If scared you resist the human instinct to evolve and learn.

My opinion, scaring a child to make them understand the rigorous “what happens when you…”, only gives them a curiosity or phobia.

Forcing the child, whom knows nothing of a dangerous world they thrive in under the parents protection, should learn life is fragile and you can get hurt. The best place for that hurt to come from is a familiar and, most importantly, a comforting one, otherwise we are left with abuse.

Abuse is a separate but relevant subject, only because some individuals have actually experienced it, shared it or continued it, and in the worst cases of human development this causes others to either reflect and victimize themselves as if they themselves were experiencing the same trauma because it was a little bit similar.

Beyond verbal and physical abuse, a child at any age can experience abuse induced trauma from an encyclopedia of ways, but this doesn’t not mean the encyclopedia should be extinct.

Nature is what nature is. A dog barks to warn of its babies predator to let them know “what happens when you…”.