La inteligencia moral del niño y del adolescente

All children have an innate moral curiosity that can grow into a solid moral intelligence with deliberate cultivation by parents and role models. This premise guides the research and argument of this groundbreaking and insightful look into children's moral development; it is both a useful how-to guide for parents and a thorough study of juvenile psychology. Each of the three sectionsearly childhood, elementary school years, and adolescencediscusses particular dilemmas characteristic of those life stages and suggests appropriate adult responses that will help instill a well-developed moral sense in their children. Todos los ninos tienen una curiosidad moral innata que, cultivada por los padres, puede desarrollarse y convertirse en una inteligencia moral. Esta premisa guia el argumento y la investigacion de este libro que es tanto un manual para padres como un estudio completo de la psicologia infantil. Cada una de las tres secciones, que cubren los primeros anos, la escuela elemental, y la adolescencia, discute los problemas mas caracteristicos de cada edad y sugiere un comportamiento adulto que ayudara en la educacion moral del nino.

Robert Coles is a professor of psychiatry and medical humanities at the Harvard Medical School, and a research psychiatrist for the Harvard University Health Services. He is the author of Their Eyes Meeting the World, The Mind's Fate, and the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Spiritual Life of Children. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.