Rule 77: Things are more circular than they would first appear

We have recently had experience of many different ways of life, and have been interested to note that often, if you take the opposite ends of two extremes they are surprisingly close together. For example, some children we know are taught to respect and obey authority figures simple because they are in a position of authority. Conversely, some other children are taught that they don't have to automatically respect and obey authority figures, these things should be respected. We found both of these children playing in a hidden corner, both evading the authorative adults, and rebelling against what was 'expected'. Although their experiences were different, the reasons for their behaviour were the same ... they expectd the adults would try restrict them and so avoided them, and ultimately ended up not being able to access activities. The same can be seen in politics, when the far left is as limiting and restrictive as the far right ... I think the lesson from this is balance ... Anything to the extreme can be bad, so don't go too far left to avoid being right.