Why do some children and adolescents act in moral and prosocial ways? While others act in immoral and antisocial ways?

 One cannot be obvious about the mortality of a given action based on the reasoning. Piaget’s theory explains that children’s moral thinking (which are a product of social interactions) can better be changed from a stiff acceptance. The acceptance level for the change also gets changed for varying age levels. Kohlberg’s theory talks about the sequence for developing children’s moral reasoning. Pre-conventional, conventional and post-conventional are the three main levels for moral reasoning. There exist moral judgment, social-conventional judgments and personal judgments for social judgment. Across the variety of cultures, children of the same age can better differentiate among the various social judgment domains. All the children are equally capable as there exist the developmental consistency in this regard for prosocial behaviors. The children are perceived to have the ability for identifying other’s emotions as a part of repressing the sympathy/ empathy. The association with other children also helps the children to practice the ethical principles. Children with more physical and verbal violence tend to be more aggressive than the normal children.

             The way the children behave is manipulated by various parameters. The moral or the immoral behavior of the children can better be determined by the ways they think about the moral issues. Children’s intentions to make evaluations for the behavior tends to provide the basis for their moral or the immoral behavior. There exist the age-related discontinuous changes that are purely based on the varying sequence of the stages. The same sequential flow is followed for the children of the similar age.

             Children also have the realization for building up the relationship with others and taking care of other’s desires as well as the needs at a younger age. The more the age increases, the more internalized principles are followed. Children are restrained from the immoral behavior based on the moral standards they are provided to follow at every stage of life. Thus, children might feel ashamed of for any of their misbehavior.

              The parental standards are more internalized based on their secure connections with their parents. This behavior becomes more disciplined when the parents use more reasoning rather than their parental control and the authorities. The temperament as well as the genetic inheritance also serve as the determinants for promoting the development of children behavior. There exist moral judgment, social-conventional judgments and personal judgments for social judgment. Across the variety of cultures, children of the same age can better differentiate among the various social judgment domains. All the children are equally capable of prosocial behaviors as there exist the developmental consistency in this regard.

               People provide training to their children as per the cultural differentiation regarding the moral, personal as well as the conventional domains for the functioning for the varying cultures. With the increasing age, the prosocial behavior tends to increase because of the children’s abilities increase for providing the sympathy to others along with taking in to consideration other’s perspectives. The prosaically behavior works for as one of the most significant parameters for background the children. It is all about the positive association between the parent and child. Intervention programs are run in the schools for the said purpose. Children’s degree and the extent for aggression is also determined based on the biological factors. It may include the children’s temperament and the neurological problems. Also, the environmental factors are of immense importance in this regard.