Children follow your footsteps, not your advice.

Don't try to teach a pig to sing.  It doesn't work, and it annoys the pig.

Children lose their innocence the very moment they are forced to make excuses for their parent's bad behavior.

Repeating "because I said so" a thousand times is not nearly as effective as one irrational explanation.

Profound truth only comes to those who would not presume to have the answer.