From a parental viewpoint, how can the father’s punitive reaction be criticised?

Correct answer: It gives more importance to the result than to the child’s intention.

A sensitive parent should examine both the consequence of an act and the child’s intention, age and understanding. Kezia has used the papers wrongly, so the damaged speech is a real problem; however, she did not intend to destroy her father’s work. She was trying to create a birthday present and had no mature understanding of the papers’ importance. The father reacts to the immediate result before asking why she did it, and this increases her fear. Option A is correct because it identifies this lack of proportionality and parental sensitivity. B says the opposite of what occurs, C shifts blame without evidence, and D misrepresents the scene.