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>and once the thing has been tried, it's not new anymore, so won't be tried again

There must be something in the water here, because kids here do it over and over again, usually ending up they getting hurt/nearly hurt or told to stop.



Yeah, no, that's not how it works. Need to do it many times before something is not fun. Just look at computer games.


Well, the way my parents discouraged me from smoking was, they brought a pack of cigarettes home and let me have one. Was awful, never wanted to try it again. That was an important life lesson for me.




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