I'll add that all of this is sort of imaginary and the reason the parents want you to adhere to these rules is because then they won't have to re-explain the rules every time. Divergence from the rules sometimes happens, because there's a lot of randomness human flaw involved in the coordination.
So if you're not sure why to use REST, because I said so is an okay answer. Uniformity is good, so you should have a really good reason for wanting to do things differently.
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I'll add that all of this is sort of imaginary and the reason the parents want you to adhere to these rules is because then they won't have to re-explain the rules every time. Divergence from the rules sometimes happens, because there's a lot of randomness human flaw involved in the coordination.
So if you're not sure why to use REST, because I said so is an okay answer. Uniformity is good, so you should have a really good reason for wanting to do things differently.