Comments on: Moral / Ethical Development

By: upstatesc

upstatesc — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:34:39 +0000

It seems so simple to me. Don’t we all feel better when we help others and do the right thing?

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:04:16 +0000

That is a great point. So many of us tell our kids not to yell and how are we talking to them? By yelling. It is so important that we model they way we wish for them to behave because when things go wrong we better be willing to look honestly at oursleves and determine if this is the kind of behavior they were witnessing at home.

By: mani kanna

mani kanna — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:35:35 +0000

children have a tendency to do as they see rather than as they are told, so i would warn parents to be wary of what they do in their kids presence, smoking kills yet you smoke around in the house

By: Jillian

Jillian — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:50:14 +0000

You just have to have good modeling, from parents and grandparents to friends and teachers. it is the obligation of society to teach kids right from wrong and to show them the behaviors which are acceptable. It does take a village.

By: upstatesc

upstatesc — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:00 +0000

Yeah I am so torn on this subject. But when you watch children with others their age they DO express caring and empathy for them when they cry, get hurt etc and this is that nature role coming into play. This is where I think it is the caregivers’ responsibility to then nurture and grow these feelings and to show children that this is exactly how they should respond in these types of situations.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:15:19 +0000

And why does it skip over certain people? There are so many instances that I assume that nurture is the entire problem but this just goes to show you how much of a role nature can actually play in the development of people.

By: Amyhop

Amyhop — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:32:45 +0000

The very fact that we for the most part are hard wired to feel empathy and compassion for others is fascinating. How is it that there are still some who do not receive this gift? One of the most stirring things for the soul is to feel that empathy for others- my six year old is even able to express that and has for several years now. It makes you wonder what goes wrong in those who do not posess this characteristic.

By: ernest

ernest — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:11:41 +0000

This article is so very usefull to me. Thank you so very much. Ernest