This brings us to our next argument: Do we think children are too sheltered from the world for their own good? » I think some parents are too overprotective. According to Grace Williams, “overprotective and overly cautious parents cause children to fall behind emotionally, developmentally, and psychologically” (2013). There is evidence that foster children will grow into failed adults. Parents protect their children from the truth because they believe it is necessary. They are under the impression that what the child does not know cannot harm them, when in reality it can be potentially dangerous. Without adequate knowledge, the child would become blind, always making mistakes and would not be able to cope with certain situations. For example, if a child continues to live at home or something, imagine when he or she will come out into the real world. Experiencing new things for the first time. This could be a very stressful time and something bad could happen, like an anxiety attack. Children should not be sheltered from the world, so that they grow up with good knowledge of the world. This applies to "The Allegory of the Cave" because the prisoners have been protected their entire lives from the real world, which caused them to be "behind" the rest of the prisoners.