Question

Describe your child's level of moral development at age 10. Include Kohlberg's Three Levels and Six Stage of Moral Reasoning, his/her conflict between adult values and peer friendship, and what sort of punishment is applicable for those who do wrong: retribution vs. restitution

Answer 1

At the age of 10. According to Kohlberg's theory, a person would be at the second level that is conventional reasoning.

This Moral reasoning includes the following stages

• The good boy and good girl/ interpersonal concordance- The notion of right and wrong is dependent on the majority and people around. the child behaves in conformity to social expectation and getting praise from others. The child will be happy if he behaves according to the parent's guidelines and accepted norms of friends circle. He would be in conflict when he does something which was not allowed by parents or teachers.  
• Law and order/Authority and social order- In this child adheres to the authority and the laws that the big society expects and finds it right. There is obedience to the fixed rules and regulations stemming from the social order. Conflict arises when the child breaks various social laws like stealing, abusing, destroying property, etc. Adults like parents and teachers have disregard for this behavior. Friends usually don't like to be with a person who breaks social rules.

Punishment is more towards restitution. This involves making the child learn the correct way by making him some compensation.

• Understanding why he is being punished. What he has done wrong
• These understanding will make the child not rpeeat the undesirable behavior.