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A 2 year old could tell you the difference betewen right and wrong. It is part of humanity, we all know the difference betewen right and wrong. Longshot said: So if a 2 year old kills people, they should be tried as an adult, because they “know the difference betewen right and wrong�YIKES!Also, I don’t know if you have kids, but I’ve got a couple, and let me tell you, a 2 year old has no concept of right and wrong on a moral level. They learn quickly what it is their parents react to positively and negatively, but that’s it. Liberalmindedmom said: to all those people who say a 2 year old knows right from wrong. You guys obviously don’t have a 2 year old It's hard to convey tone through text alone, so I think some of what I said was misconstrued.Longshot: I actually agree with you that a 2 year old has no concept of morality. And, you're absolutely right that children learn what their parents respond to very quickly.However, a 2 year old DOES have a sense of right and wrong. What they DON'T have is a sense of consequence, or limits. The psychological connection betewen an action and it's natural/societal consequences is what you teach a young child.I'll give an example:Your 2 year old child (for this example: Jonny) gets into the cookie jar, and you catch him. You say sharply, Jonny! How does he react? Does he look at you with a confused look on his face because he doesn't know why you just raised your voice? No. He quickly pulls his hand out of the jar, and tries to look as innocent as possible.Jonny knows that he was doing something he shouldn't. However, he is seeing if he can get away with it - determining what limits there are when it comes to the cookie jar.Don't be surprised if even after this first time, and getting caught, that you catch Jonny getting into the cookie jar again. Now, he's testing to see if you are consistent, and if he can sometimes get away with it.Jonny is, in fact, determining if he can manipulate you to allow him to do wrong. He has, however, known from the start that he was doing wrong.Would you throw a 2 year old in jail for killing someone? Not very likely. However, the 2 year old would need to be shown that there were serious consequences for doing wrong.At what age would you throw someone in jail for killing someone? There is some argument over the age a child can determine morally right and wrong decisions. Most child psychologists would tell you betewen 7 and 10 years old.Now, perhaps in the case of this 12 year old, the association of action to consequence, and maybe even the psychological recognition of morality have not been learned. The reason for such a developmental impediment would have to be significant, and would more than likely effect all aspects of her life.As she seems to have developed most other aspects of her life in proportion to what is expected for her age (she was in the correct grade at school, had friends, could read, etc) this would suggest that she was fully aware of morality and consequence.I hope that this is a little clearer than my last post.
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