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CMV: parents shoud always try to explain their decisions to their children.

 I feel like parents make their decisions look way to arbitrary to their children even when they have legitimate reasons for their decisions. 

Furthermore the fact that parents don't need to explain themselves sometimes allows them to make decisions that *don't* have good reasoning behind which can just hurt the child. This mentality from a young age can also hurt a childs critical thinking skills later on in their life because they are used to accepting decisions that have no good basis. 

That's it. CMV.

Edit: Shoud should be should.

Edit: a lot of people are saying the same arguments so I will try to explain myself better: a. I'm only talking about instances that concern the child directly like when they want something the parent doesn't want to give them than it's not healthy for you is better than just No. Also I don't expect a parent to pursuade the child just to show the basic reasoning behind their decision. Like in every conversation the child is welcome to disagree or not accept the reasoning but at least the parent tried to cover the core of their reasoning.
gpt
Obviously, as a rule of thumb, parents should explain their decisions to their children. But you have to make room for exceptions. 

- Timing, some actions need to happen on a quick timetable, you don't always have time to explain yourself in the moment. 

- Maturity, some actions require a high level of maturity to understand - economics, legal issues, political issues - these sorts of things are not appropriate for 5 year olds a lot of the time. 

- The decision itself is arbitrary, but it is important that parent and child be on the same page. You cannot explain non-existent reasoning. Sometimes you just have to make a choice and roll with it. "Why are we having fish tonight" "Mental Coin Flip".