Talking about Right and Wrong: Parent-Child Conversations as Contexts for Moral Development - Softcover

Wainryb, Cecilia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107619637 ISBN 13: 9781107619630

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Though it is generally acknowledged that parents are directly implicated in how and what their children learn about right and wrong, little is known about how the process of moral socialization proceeds in the context of family life, and how it gets played out in actual parent-child conversations. This volume brings together psychological research conducted in different countries documenting how parents and their children of different ages talk about everyday issues that bear on right and wrong. More than 150 excerpts from real parent-child conversations about children's own good and bad behaviors and about broader ethical concerns that interest both parents and children, such as global warming or gender equality, provide a unique window into the moral-socialization process in action. Talking about Right and Wrong also underscores distinct psychological and sociocultural processes that explain how such everyday conversations may further, or hinder, children's moral development.

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About the Authors

Cecilia Wainryb is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Utah.

Holly E. Recchia is an Assistant Professor of Education at Concordia University, Montréal.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107619637
• ISBN 13: 9781107619630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 474