[CelticJourney]

She explained that she would not leave a freshly baked batch of brownies in front of her dh and older children, as well as the younger, b/c even though they have the impulse control not to eat it, it would not be fair to knowingly and purposefully place tempting things in front of people.

A more accurate analogy would be fresh baked brownies among a 'garden' of other delicious deserts - it wasn't the only tree, the only good looking thing there to eat.

I agree it has to do with giving free will and having something as a boundry.

I also agree that when Eve said 'God has told us not to eat that' she is showing they have clear understanding of the situation, whereas an infact is designed to investigate their surroundings and can not understand why they can't have something.

The Bible also tells us not to 'provoke our children to wrath' - Pearl seems to create a lot of 'wrath' in children that he then advocates beating out of them.