One day about ten years ago, I wanted money to go buy some candy after school at our local deli. I would normally get about two, maybe three dollars a week, for helping around the house. That week I did not earn my money and I wanted to get some candy after school. I knew my mom had cash in her purse and I figured she would not notice a few dollars missing. Well, that day I was completely wrong, suddenly I heard my mom screaming at the top of her lungs my first, middle and last name. When I heard that I immediately started running around looking for a hiding spot. My mom called my full name yet once again and I slowly started to walk down the stairs. My mom walked over, grabbed me by the ear and brought me over to the living room, gave me a slap on the head and all she said was if you want to steal…show more content… But maybe he shouldn't steal it because they might put him in prison for more years than he could stand.” (Colby and Kauffman. 1983, p. 300). One of Kohlberg’s stages was the “Obedience and Punishment Stage” which is how a child must obey people who are of authority and the consequences of doing something wrong. Kohlberg’s thought was if a child did something they were not supposed to, they would then see the consequences involved in the bad thing they did. Kohlberg asked some children to explain stealing and most of the children would reply with “'It’s bad to steal” and “because you will get punished””(Kohlberg, 1958). Another stage that Kohlberg had been the “Mutual interpersonal Expectations, Relationships, and Interpersonal Conformity”. This stage is the third stage of a child’s moral development. Children start to follow their parent’s on what their moral judgments are. But the children also want to be known as either a good son or good daughter. The adolescence and children want their parents to have good thoughts about their child (Santrock,
