Good point. Herbert Spencer wrote:
“Were your children fated to pass their lives as slaves, you could not too much accustom them to slavery during their childhood; but as they are by and by to be free men, with no one to control their daily conduct, you cannot too much accustom them to self-control while they are still under your eye.”
Similiar arguments can be found in this article by Dan Sanchez:
https://fee.org/articles/wise-parenting-uses-natural-consequences-not-artificial-ones/
I have translated it for Polish readers here:
https://gazetakontrowersyjna.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/dan-sanchez-madrzy-rodzice-stosuja-naturalne-konsekwencje-i-nie-wymuszaja-sztucznych/
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