age kids know between wrong and right
A 2-year-old, it turns out, knows the difference between right and wrong. According to psychologist Judi Smetana, the sense of morality begins to develop early in humans. And by the time children are 3 to 4 years old, they recognize certain behaviors â such as hitting â as wrong, even when no one is watching, says Smetana, a professor at the University of Rochester.
Children are born to know right from wrong, new research shows. Children have an inbuilt sense of right and wrong, researchers claimed last night. The study, which showed children are 'hard-wired' to feel empathy, is likely to rekindle the nature-or-nurture debate and may cast light on the causes of bullying.