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Dave: Yeah. Basically is this like their made-up boogeyman, the big brother, the… you know?
Dave: Joo. Eli se on siis keksitty mörkö, iso veli, .. tiedäthän?
Parents will often frighten the child. That's the standard technique and a parent who doesn't want to go overboard and scold the child and risk some sort of alienation by the child will often resort to fairy tales and mythology. The boogeyman's going to get you and that sort of induces a sort of fear into the child about certain things: Going to bed, what's in the closet, all that's under the bed, this kind of stuff. It’s done often with good intent with the parent who is not really conscious of the reasons why they're doing it but they're trying to teach them the social rules.
Usein vanhemmat pelottelevat lapsiaan. Tämä on normaali tekniikka, ja vanhempi joka ei mene liian pitkälle lapsen moittimisessa ja vaaranna lapsen vieraantumista käyttää usein jonkinlaisia satuja ja mytologiaa. Mörkö tulee ja v
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