Statement: “You will not get sweets at any cost. I will not let you eat things that are not good for your teeth,” a mother tells her child. Consider this statement and decide which of the following assumptions is or are implicit.

Introduction / Context:
This problem is about assumptions behind a protective statement from a parent. A mother tells her child that the child will not get sweets because she will not allow eating things that are not good for the child's teeth. You must determine whether caring for the child, believing that sweets are bad, and having authority over what the child eats are all assumed. Such questions test your ability to read implied attitudes and relationships from everyday language.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Statement: “You will not get sweets at any cost. I will not let you eat things that are not good for your teeth,” a mother tells her child.
• Assumption (i): The mother cares for her child.
• Assumption (ii): Sweets are not good for her child.
• Assumption (iii): The mother has the authority to decide what her child is to eat.
• Task: Decide which assumptions are implicit in the mother's statement.

Concept / Approach:
The mother is clearly restricting sweets because of concern about the child's teeth. This implies both care and a belief that sweets are harmful. Moreover, she is using phrases like I will not let you eat, which show she believes she can control the child's food choices. All three assumptions naturally underpin her statement. If any were removed, the statement would lose its meaning or motivation.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: The mother links sweets to things that are not good for your teeth and forbids them.Step 2: This indicates that she is concerned about the health of the child's teeth, which is a form of caring for the child as a whole.Step 3: That concern is captured in Assumption (i): The mother cares for her child. Without care, she would have little reason to restrict sweets for health reasons.Step 4: The mother specifically includes sweets in the category of things that are not good for your teeth. She refuses sweets for that reason.Step 5: Thus Assumption (ii) Sweets are not good for her child is directly implicit. If she did not believe sweets were harmful, this justification would make no sense.Step 6: The wording I will not let you eat expresses authority and control over what the child consumes.Step 7: This reflects Assumption (iii): The mother has the authority to decide what her child is to eat. Without this authority, her statement would be an idle threat, not an effective decision.Step 8: Therefore, all three assumptions (i), (ii) and (iii) are implicit in the mother's statement.

Verification / Alternative check:
Imagine a universe where the mother did not care about the child. Then the explanation that sweets are bad for teeth would be inconsistent with her behaviour, and the restriction would sound unlikely. If she believed sweets were harmless, she would not logically connect them to damage to teeth. Finally, if she had no authority over the child's diet, she could not credibly say I will not let you eat. The statement is natural only when all three assumptions hold together: caring, belief in harm from sweets, and authority over the child's food choices.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• Option a includes only (i) and (ii), but leaves out (iii), which is clearly implied by the phrase I will not let you eat.
• Option b includes (ii) and (iii) but omits (i), ignoring the obvious caring motivation.
• Option c includes (i) and (iii) but omits (ii), even though the harm from sweets is explicitly used as a reason.
• Option e is far too narrow and misses the caring relationship and authority aspect.

Common Pitfalls:

• Focusing only on the health aspect and forgetting the parental authority dimension.
• Assuming that care is too emotional to count as a logical assumption, even though it is clearly implied here.
• Reading the statement as a simple command without noticing the underlying reasons and relationships.

Final Answer:
All assumptions (i), (ii) and (iii) are implicit in the mother's statement to her child.