I found myself thinking sociologically when I my eight year old cousin came to my house. She is an only child so she can act really stub-urn, and spoiled. She can get out of hand so many times that I sometimes ask myself if she has any morals. Crying and whining are her specialties, and help her get what she wants. When we were going to eat dinner she began complaining saying she did not want to eat what my mom had made, and that she wanted to eat cereal. She also tends to try and break the rules in our house, like taking food and drinks to the living room, and then she tries to blame it on my sister.The way she was acting reminded me of sociology class.
Morals, which is the distinction between right and wrong, I think are missing in my young cousin's life. I can tell she doesn't know her morals, based on her behavior, so she is at stage zero. Her parents would be placed in stage three because the only reason I think they yell at her to stop whining is, because they know my parents would get ticked off if they let their daughter do what ever she wanted. They are just seeking approval by my parents in a way, so they won't get upset. Even though my parents aren't too strict, I still think they could be placed in stage four. They like rules to be followed at our house, but they still wouldn't hold a grudge against someone if they break one at some point.