Things fall apart proverb..help!?

Question

a child's fingers are not scalded by a pieace of hot yam which its mother puts into its palm....

Answer 1

Basically, it is not the child's fault if the mother tells the child to do something bad.

This is the master / slave social society psychological reason. (I'm not sure what it's really called)  If you get a high enough person of authority to tell you to do something, you will do it without conscience.

The psychology experiment is "Would you electrocute a stranger?"

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However, it has been shown it IS the doers fault by American standards, and not the person of authority.

Answer 2

Ive read this for school, its a good book. it may mean that the lessons we learn or the displine we recieve from our mothers will not hurt us but helps us in the future.

Answer 3

A mother would not put a piece of anything hot enough to burn her baby. That is why they are not scalded, a mothers protection.