As parents, we worry about such things as developing morality and other qualities of good citizenship. What they are concerned with is regulating their own behavior and mastering some basic social independent living skills. This is especially true of children. Prediction and control are, in fact, the two great organizing principles in the psychological development of the child. This is how they learn.
Adults realize the importance of prediction, the ability to plan ahead.
They take it for granted, forgetting that children must still learn how society works. The concept of control is equally important. Searching our own experience, we realize the importance of being in control of a situation. Again, to control a situation, we must understand it, and be able to predict the consequences of different courses of action. The process for children is much the same.