Key points • Your child has an innate sense of right and wrong. • In the brain, regions that process emotions and regions that guide decision making work together to mediate moral awareness. Lose emotions and you lose decision making. • Moral behavior develops over time and requires a particular kind of guidance. • How parents handle rules is key: realistic, clear expectations; consistent, swift consequences for rule violations; and praise for good behavior. • Children are most likely to internalize moral behavior if parents explain why a rule
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