Being a parent is hard. You want to make your kids happy and you want to do the right thing. Unfortunately the two rarely coincide. Plus, its not like 2+2=4, water freezes at 32F, or the capital of Texas is Austin. In other words, there usually isn't any "right answer" . You do what you think is best and you have to make those decisions on the fly. Parent's say things like "because I said so" because it sounds a hell of a lot better than "I made that decision because I really had no fucking idea what to do"