Every child is a unique person. Parents have to adjust their discipline style to accommodate each child's personality. Even when they are given unreasonable limits, young children may try desperately to please their parents by doing what is expected of them. Instead of objecting to an unfair limit, children may blame themselves for not being able to comply. They may conclude that something is wrong with themselves instead of the unreasonable expectation.
Children burdened by many unfair limits are likely to have poor self-esteem.
Later, as they grow older and become more aware of this unfairness, they are likely to lose respect for their parents and may become cynical towards all adult authority. One way to judge whether a limit is reasonable is to check with experts or read books about children. Even more important, though, is getting to know the child as an individual. Children burdened by unreasonable limits will show signs of stress. They may become angry with themselves for failing, or they may give up trying at all.