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> Children should be disciplined to abide by the law from an early age.
> Otherwise, it **would** be tough to teach them the importance of being
> law-abiding when they **turned** to crime and **became** disobedient.
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In the above text. I wanted to say that children should be taught to be law-abiding before they become disobedient. I am talking about children in general. So I think it is natural to say "would / turned". But I am curious to know if the following version is also OK or not?

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> Children should be disciplined to abide by the law from an early age.
> Otherwise, it **will** be tough to teach them the importance of being
> law-abiding when they turn to **crime** and **become** disobedient.
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I think my version is better because it is sort of imaginary situation, while the second version is kind of prediction about the future and it suggests this idea that children will certainly become disobedient which I do not want to say at all. Am I correct?