Reminds me of this exchange when the Hogfather gives a sword to a little girl: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.imgur.com&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;DXDvM" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.imgur.com&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;DXDvM</a><p>You learned two valuable lessons that day on Diablo. 1) don&#x27;t be too trusting, 2) crying does not fix things in real life<p>I think kids <i>should</i> be exposed to experiences like that. They should be given guidance, not bans.<p>Take alcohol for instance: in Europe people start drinking very young (illegally). It&#x27;s socially accepted as the norm that everyone knows happens. But for kids this is very hard to do of course.<p>As a result, college is a lot less ... shall we say exciting? By the time we have easy access to alcohol (money+legal) we already know how to treat it with some amount of respect.