how many essays do you write every week?
such is the world where a tremendous quantity of information crammed in every second that every one, not matter parents or their children, have to be faced with various thoughts and opinions from varying points of view. even hardened adults probably manage to control themselves, let alone children who have no established world view yet. so, to achieve the aim of taking control of thier children, for whatever purposes, parents should abstain from diversified distractions and value the true meaning of life. as applied in old Chinese way, say confucianism or daoism, these family and state values help greatly cultivate cohesion in Chinese families. it is this shapes the younger generation and in consequence the next one,
maybe this is another, or better, term which illustrates the so-called control