Sometimes I don't know if parents are just trying to be dickheads to their kids or if they're teaching them real, valuable lessons. I don't have kids but I have a nephew, and I don't even know what my intentions are most of the time. I see too many kids and teen around who haven't been taught hard lessons. They think that there are no consequences to anything. Once you suffer some real shit, it's a domino effect. You start to act a little smarter. That is, unless you're a complete moron who just keeps repeating mistakes. There are plenty of those too.
Anything "extract" is the world's biggest prank. All extracts smell so good but then they destroy you by being way too extra. I'm sure many kids have made the fatal mistake of eating vanilla extract.