I was, and I did.
I hate to say it because it sounds so horrible, but one of our responsibilities is to teach children fear of consequences. There are too many children these days (I sound like an old whipper-snapper...wait, I am one) who are shellshocked when they hit real life because they never experienced fear or diversity as a child. Their parents smoothed over the consequences of detrimental actions, or just chastised them. If the kid knows he's not going to lose anything or get hurt or feel true, real fear, he will not learn to take his actions more seriously, and to be more fully aware.
With how well off we are as a society today, our children oftentimes never have a need go unfulfilled, and oftentimes also never have a want go unfulfilled. Then they don't understand why the world won't cater to them as a young adult. By the time they recover, they're already 5 or 6 figures in debt, in a dead end job, and can't figure out why they should spend money on education instead of their next set of tattoos or their car payment for their tricked-out ride or buying more clothes.
Ya, I ranted. That. Just. Happened.
EDIT: added a bunch of crap.