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Wither shall you follow?

We constantly hope to mould our young to fit into the adult world. We forget how troubled, or even perverse, the adult world can be.

Still, young persons must learn to fit in; for that is the way the cookies crumble. We want them to learn how to behave in ways that are acceptable to the adult world.

Some behavioral traits relate to moral or ethical concerns, and hence truly deal with what may be more appropriately termed the right and the wrong kinds of behavior. Other behavioral patterns may just be cultural in nature, or relate purely to etiquette. We insist that the young learns both.