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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents had rules and I followed them. The rules made sense and didnt make me desire those things more. So, yeah, some kids abide by the rules, why is that so hard to understand?[/quote]

Your experience shows that kids (or, at least, one kid, namely you) abide by rules that make sense to them. Which should not surprise anybody. The question is, do kids abide by rules that don't make sense to them?[/quote]

it probably depends. However, you need to understand that the kinds of rules that make sense to some children and parents are the very ones you consider arbitrary. I was not allowed to paint my nails, wear make up and have a boyfriend till 16-18. Alcohol, cigarettes and drugs were totally forbidden. Those rules made sense to me, and I never drank, smoke a cigarette and tried any drugs though I am 40 now. neither have my siblings, now in their fifties. Nor, it turns out, my husband, whose parents were similary strict. Btw, like PP, we were also atheists, so we didn't live in fear or god or something. As a family we criticized everyone and everything and are still very close and laugh together a lot. We all have PhDs as well.[/quote]

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