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Child learns early in childhood that there are some forms of behaviour that are acceptable and some are not acceptable. They come to associate ‘good’ with a reward for approved behaviour and ‘bad’ with a punishment for unacceptable behaviour.
Eventually the child conceptualizes the thought that there are certain rules and regulations that must be followed to receive the acceptance and approval of others.
Older children have an advanced understanding of fairness and justice and they know that they are supposed to be responsible, honest, fair, kind and cooperative to parents, siblings, teachers, friends and strangers.
Morality is defined as ‘conscience’ or set of cultural – social rules for governing the appropriateness of social behaviour that has been internalized by the individual (Kohlberg, 1969).
Morality is a set of principles or values that helps individuals distinguish right from wrong (Damon, 1988).
Morality becomes a fundamental and important part of children’s lives as soon as they start developing relationships with others.
Older children gradually generalize their moral concepts and they refer to any situation rather than to specific situation.
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