In a recent article by NPR, Alix Spiegel cited the work Larry Nucci, a research psychologist at the Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley, who delineated four distinct types of rules that parents try to instill in their children:
"There are moral rules: Don't hit, do share.
There are safety rules: Don't cross the street alone, don't run with scissors.
There are rules of social convention: You must say "sir" and "madam."
"And then there is this fourth category, which has to do with what children consider to be their own business and that they consider to be private," says Nucci. "Friendships, playmates, who they want to play with, who they want to be around. Some leisure time activities like what sport they want to do or toys they want to play with. And some ways in which you express yourself through your appearance — clothing, for example."
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