My parents explained their decisions without waiting for us to explain. They taught us to be analytical and to identify the values that they were upholding with their decisions. That said, they (knowingly) overlooked when we snuck out to watch the Superbowl or the World Series etc. We’ve all outgrown the need for watching sports but the deep core values stuck with us. I don’t know if you can extrapolate this idea to all examples, but I think it worked for us.
