On the one hand, the collapse of the financial system has been taken as proof that bankers are incorrigibly, irredeemably naughty children.

BBC: If banks are treated as naughty kids...

To put it another way, governments set up a system that in effect treated bankers as naughty children or ravenous puppies who could not be trusted not to eat too much of the dangerously fattening stuff - and regulators were to be the health conscious parents.

BBC: If banks are treated as naughty kids...

When, in mid-afternoon, the sun dips behind the mountain and my skis suddenly criss-cross ice-blue shadows, I am reminded of the more sinister snippets of local folklore my hosts have passed on: the wizard Fida, who lived in a cave above the valley and sold his soul to the devil, and the evil little spirits, parkeljni, who rattle their chains as they lie in wait for naughty children.

BBC: Snowbound Slovenia

While all children can be naughty from time to time, the behaviour of children with conduct disorders is different.

BBC: Guide to help parents to spot 'problem behaviour'

Children in the country are naughty sometimes, too, but that is for quite different reasons.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Five Children and It'

This is why so many children who live in towns are so extremely naughty.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Five Children and It'