So you're saying that if you told the kid that he will break his neck that is less scary than the "terrible consequences you have in store for him"? Your consequences are more horrible than death itself?
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Not saying "don't warn your children about the dangers around them," I'm saying that children are actually pretty good at evaluating obvious, visible risks, especially once they've been pointed out, & that exploring them may actually be an important aspect to their development.
Adults are terrible at evaluating risks to their kids, in this cultural moment erring hard on the side of total risk avoidance. I think instilling fear-compliance as a survival strategy is pretty harmful, but separately I think there's a high cost to having zero trust in children
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Adults are also terrible at empathising with their children and generally have no idea why they do what they do.
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