in the case of bullying/biting another child they most definitely know it is wrong even at age 2!
obviously in the case of whether infidelity is ever excusable, or whether the church and the state should be separated, or greece should be bailed out, that's slightly different...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 10:58, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I dunno, you know
there's a lot of fairly decent research about empathy vs development and when children are very little, they only understand the issue from their point of view ... if they hit another child and take a toy off them, they get the toy. But, then an adult might tell them off and take the toy off them, so they might lose out. The effect on the other child simply doesn't matter to them until they are older. So I guess it depends on what you mean by 'knowing it's wrong'

Greece needs to fuck off though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 11:02, Reply)

i am taking this in a narrow context
of does the 10 year old know that he is hurting the 4 year old and is he doing that deliberately. and i cannot believe for 1 split second that the answer to those questions is anything other than a resounding YES.

not the food though. that can stay.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 11:03, Reply)

Of, for a ten year old, for certain. Unless he's got serious problems
I was back with the 2 year old.

You have to let us keep their lamb stuff as well as the veggie stuff, though.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 8 Nov 2011, 11:33, Reply)