Something Happens During the First Transgression

Every adult knows that, psychologically, something happens during the first transgression. And when one realizes, alongside the importance of following the rules, the possibility of breaking them all, the impact is definitive. Not only that, but it is a fundamental experience. Such a possibility is, after all, that of refusal, of choice, without which there is no awareness in the act, and therefore conformity becomes devoid of merit and meaning. It may not be wise to teach this to a child, of course; but an adult who is unaware of this truth has simply not matured.