Title: Helping Children Build a Conscience
Headings: Helping Children Build a Conscience
Helping Children Build a Conscience
When Does One's Conscience Develop?
The Process of Identification
Instruction and Training
Interactions with the Environment
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Content: Further, your attempts at instruction and training (which we will review next) will not be as successful as you would hope. Keep in mind that children initially behave themselves and develop what's called pro-social behavior (helping behavior) because they care about what you think about them and how you feel about them. You know that you yourself are more likely to be able to sustain a caring relationship with someone who you feel respects and cares about you and has your best interest at heart. Instruction and Training
This is the nuts and bolts of developing a conscience that builds on the foundation of a good attachment. It is equally important. Children do not usually just develop a sense of right and wrong from hanging around their parents. You must also give specific instructions and training. How is this done? Very broadly, it begins by setting limits. You can love and nurture your children, but if you do not set limits or modify non-social behaviors, they will most likely grow up having a sense of entitlement, which leads them to feel they can step on the rights and needs of others in order to satisfy themselves.