Children need to know when to obey their parents, guardians, and elders until they know right from wrong. However, obedience becomes dangerous when it is blind, or when the child forgets to think for himself/herself. Conformity is when a child follows rules and regulations, but obedience is when they are told exactly what to do.
Because he was not listening it shows that there is very little sense of prayer. This means that he could add more torture to the fly that passed, when the little denaturation fly passed it shows that there isn't enough food to go around.