This is an interesting question. You have to do something, make some statement to your children to be a good parent IMO. You have to give guidance, where it's clear to you what is right and wrong. What informs your opinions informs your instruction.
I've known parents who abdicate from their responsibilities as parents, and want to let the child find it's own natural position. Children get confidence and security from knowledge.
So you shirk your responsibility to inform your child, and that child suffers. It's way easier to learn at a young age than it is later on. A child that doesn't know it's boundaries will find it more difficult to re-adjust the older it gets. Children with a poverty of parental guidance may never learn in school, because a teacher needs to invest so much time into encouraging the child to concentrate and behave in a socially acceptable manner.
I've known parents who abdicate from their responsibilities as parents, and want to let the child find it's own natural position. Children get confidence and security from knowledge.
So you shirk your responsibility to inform your child, and that child suffers. It's way easier to learn at a young age than it is later on. A child that doesn't know it's boundaries will find it more difficult to re-adjust the older it gets. Children with a poverty of parental guidance may never learn in school, because a teacher needs to invest so much time into encouraging the child to concentrate and behave in a socially acceptable manner.
