Psychologists agree: parents should be examples for their children. If what they say is different from what they do, children will grow up and set rules they won’t follow.My dad was a huge believer in the phrase “because I said so.” So children think, “Well, I know I should do it this way, but if nobody is looking it’s ok to do this,” when a kid should really learn to always do the right thing, even when nobody is looking. Please don’t think I’m bashing you or your parenting or something like that, I’m just offering the perspective of a child who heard this more often than not.