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It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

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Some people believe that children should learn to distinguish
right
 from wrong in
early
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 years and punishment can be used in the process. I tend to disagree with the idea. I think that
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punishing them in early
childhood
 to teach morality aspects is something wrong, but
also
 it is a waste of
time
 and may have negative effects on children with relevant reasons and examples. Young
kids
 are not capable of understanding morality issues. Recent Research shows that
childeren
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children
 begin to understand the “moral of the story” at around age 5 or 6.
However
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 preschoolers are less able to grasp a life lesson from a story. It means that
kids
 do not judge acts as morally
right
 or wrong until later in
childhood
.
As a result
, in
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early
childhood
,
kids
 might be provided with
time
 and care to discover
right
 and wrong by themselves in a natural process at a perfect
time
. In my opinion,
Kids
 must be allowed to make mistakes and gather information from their surroundings. Early
childhood
 experiences and lessons can have lasting impacts on someone’s life
also
, incorrect punishments at an early age may lead to negative consequences in adulthood,
moreover
, it will take these lessons away from
kids
 and stop them from experiencing the world through their own lenses. So, early
childhood
 is not the
right
time
 for
kids
 to receive punishments.
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 Children do not begin to evaluate actions as morally correct or incorrect until they are older and they need to experience the world and make mistakes which punishments can stand in the way.
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