Therefore they lack the necessary structure to channel themselves properly. Water is useless if it cannot be directed by the steel pipes which lead it out to the tap. Water cannot be drank if it cannot be grasped and obtained by a solid glass. Therefore, structure shares equal importance with creativity, they are Ying and Yang. While adults have greater degree of structure and discipline over children, their original sense of freedom is lost.
Adults become accustomed to learning what is 'proper' and what is meets the approval of others.
The result is that we lose our individual sense of judgement. We become accustomed to following rules without question. We shy from trying new outrageous ideas for fear of appearing childish, foolish or crazy. The originality of ours ideas are lost to what is popular belief and a self-consciousness of what others think. Martial arts are a microism of the same process we undergo in life.