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* ''[[His Dark Materials]]'', in which it is prophesied that Lyra will change the fate of the worlds (plural)--but ''only'' if she doesn't know about her destiny and what she will have to do to fulfill it. Naturally, every adult in her life knows and is busy trying to manipulate her to their own ends.
* ''[[Ender's Game]]''.
* [[Mark Twain]]'s short story "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120123065853/http://www.portitude.org/literature/twain/ss-californians_tale.php Californian's Tale]" revolves around this trope.
* [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]: Harry suffered from this to a large degree in his interactions with [[Eccentric Mentor|Dumbledore]] (and, well, everyone). In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Deathly Hallows]]'', one of his main sources of angst is the possibility that he might be doing exactly the same to his own allies.
** Averted in ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|Order of the Phoenix]]'' when Dumbledore explains that there was a prophecy made about Harry that Dumbledore kept wanting to tell Harry about (And Harry had even asked him about in book one), but he had succumbed to the "Old man's error" each year in feeling Harry was too young for such heavy information. Dumbledore then actually does get Harry up to date on things - but only on the things Dumbledore is absolutely sure of at the time.
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