I am a parent and I have to disagree with you. The worst case scenario is not that it is worthless. If a child learns to question the "order" given out loud, it would suggest that the child is also questioning the "order" internally. This leads to the internal debate whether to ask for a justification for the "order" or internally decide if it is justifiable or not.
Now you have a situation where the child does not stop up and ask for the justification, but in stead decides that some situations cannot be justifiable and thus will not ask for said justification.
When the parents are around, this is problematic, but... (read more)
I am a parent and I have to disagree with you. The worst case scenario is not that it is worthless. If a child learns to question the "order" given out loud, it would suggest that the child is also questioning the "order" internally. This leads to the internal debate whether to ask for a justification for the "order" or internally decide if it is justifiable or not.
Now you have a situation where the child does not stop up and ask for the justification, but in stead decides that some situations cannot be justifiable and thus will not ask for said justification.
When the parents are around, this is problematic, but... (read more)