MORAL DEVELOPMENT / PARENTS AS TEACHERS

MORAL DEVELOPMENT IS A NEVER ENDING PROCESS. IT SOMETIMES SEEMS CHILDREN ARE BORN WITH THE WRONG MORALS BUILT IN. WE MUST TEACH THEM THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THINGS SINCE THEY ALREADY KNOW THE WRONG WAY. CHILDREN TRY TO MEET OUR EXPECTIONS MAYBE TO AVOID PUNISHMENT OR TO PLEASE US. I LIKE TO BELIEVE EVERY CHILD WANTS TO PLEASE THEIR PARENTS. WE AS PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING DECISION MAKING POWERS AND INTERNAL CONTROLS IN OUR CHILDREN. IT IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO RECOGNIZE MORALLY EXCEPTED STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR SO THEY CAN LIVE COMFORTABLY IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR BEHAVIOR. WE TEACH THEM TO AVOID TEMPTATION, THAT THEY MUST CONTROL IMPULSES, AND TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS BEFORE THEY ACT.
WHEN A CHILD IS BORN HE IS ABLE TO RESPOND TO SOUND, TOUCH, AND VISUAL STIMULI AND HOW THEY DO THIS SOMETIMES GIVES US CLUES TO THEIR EMERGING PERSONALITIES. BEING A PARENT WE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON OUR CHILDREN. THE FAMILY UNIT WOULD BE THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT INFLUENCE. CHILDREN VIEW THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR PARENT'S AND FAMILY'S REACTION TO THEIR BEHAVIOR.
HOW A PARENT REACTS TO A CHILD'S BEHAVIORAL EXPERIMENTS AFFECTS THEIR PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT. SOCIALLY EXCEPTED STANDARDS ARE DEVELOPED BY OUR CALM AND CARING REACTIONS IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
NO TWO CHILDREN REACT THE SAME IN SITUATIONS. WHEN YOUR CHILD IS DEFINED BY A PERSONALITY TRAIT THEN MAYBE THEY THINK THIS IS HOW TO GET YOUR ATTENTION. TRY TO REDIRECT THE TRAIT BEFORE IT BECOMES A PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC. HELP YOUR CHILD DEVELOPE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WILL MAKE THEM FEEL WORTHWHILE.