CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Babies should not be underestimated! From birth to eighteen months a baby can make decisions about who or what comforts them, likes and dislikes about food and clothes, and what they want to play with (Judy Miller). They can communicate these preferences in a variety of ways.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although infants and toddlers show behaviors that resemble the morally relevant behaviors of older children and adults, they do not judge acts as morally right or wrong until later in childhood.

Detailed explanation-3: -Babies have very little self-control. They naturally act on thoughts and feelings without the ability to stop themselves. With sensitive guidance from parents and caregivers, they can begin to learn to manage their feelings and actions.

Detailed explanation-4: -We show that they can be remarkably adult-like in their thinking. The implication is that even young children, from around the age of 4, can make intention-based moral judgements, just like adults."