Feb 28 2008
How A Child Thinks Regarding Moral Issues
Daughter “When people drive don’t they have to stop at red lights?” Mom: “Well yes honey, the law says when a person is driving and the light changes to red they must come to a complete stop” Daughter: “See Mommy, that’s why the policeman is after you!”
Jean Piaget had great interest in how a child thinks regarding moral issues He said that children think in two ways about morality. The first is heteronomous morality thinking, which occurs between four and seven years of age. The second is autonomous morality, which occurs between seven to ten years of age.