Parents to children: "Don't let anyone take advantage of you."
Also parents to children: "Spend 8 hours a day in school against your will."
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Society to children: "Learn to be responsible for your own actions."
Also society to children: "Always follow these arbitrary rules."
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I'm not trying to tell you that these things are all bad, but the cognitive dissonance that follows is at the heart of so much dysfunction.