I've never made that connection or noticed it. Thank you.

The funny thing is that I often told my kids "don't do that" or "if you do that, XYZ might happen".

Telling them that they can't do something was a lie. Of course they can do it, it's just that you don't want them to do it. I've heard many parents tell their kids that they can't do something while the kid is literally doing it.

As a kid, someone telling me I couldn't do something was a sure fire way to get me to give it a crack.