What Are the Natural Consequences of Moral Development?
The children of today are going to be tomorrow's parents and leaders. This is why moral development is important, because when we teach valuable things such as integrity, the work ethic and respect for others, we are helping to create a better society.
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Character
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Moral development in children builds character. For example, when parents teach their children the importance of saying thank you when others give them things, children learn gratitude. Or when teachers show children that the less-popular students deserve respect, they learn compassion.
Discipline
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Meeting important goals in life requires discipline. When children learn this lesson, they become achievers instead of procrastinators. For example, when parents set up a weekly schedule of chores for children to do, it teaches them that in life they'll have to do things they don't like to accomplish goals.
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Respect for Relationships
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These days a healthy respect for genuine relationships seems to be disappearing. But when children learn that relationships were designed not only for sexual fulfillment but also for service to each other, they will respect boundaries in their adult relationships. When a father teaches his son that women are not to be degraded sexually or verbally, the son will carry this into his own future relationships with women.
Self-Confidence
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Self-confidence is another consequence of moral development; when a child learns that her self-worth doesn't come from how popular she is or how much money she has but rather from the quality of her character, she will grow up to not overly depend on others for her identity.
Considerations
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Moral development doesn't always guarantee a child's success because sometimes children become influenced by their peers and develop their own ideas about life as they get older. But even when they stray temporarily, they will usually return to the lessons their parents taught them.
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