Running head: MORAL BEHAVIOR AND ITS LINK TO THE STYLE OF DISCIPLINE Determining How a Child's Moral Behavior is Related to the Style of Discipline He Is Exposed to and How it Will Reflect on His Temperament Later in Life.

Parental involvement in a child’s life is a critical factor for its success later in life. Several studies on parental involvement in preschool programs showed its benefits on children’s cognitive and social development (Chang, Kim, & Park, 2009). In fact, preschoolers whose parents took part in a parent education program displayed notably higher intelligence, language ability, and social skills (Pfannenstiel & Seltzer, 1985). However, is the parental involvement in the kid’s childhood the only guarantee that the child will have good moral behaviors later in life? Can the style of discipline a child is exposed to affect his temperament during his development? Several different methods of raising a kid could actually result in a different outcome in the child’s moral behavior when he reaches adulthood. Those methods include power assertion, induction, and permissiveness. While each of those methods has advantages and disadvantages, how can we know how to properly use them to educate a child? Which one would be better to use or which one should be avoided? For the parents, it is always hard to find a good balance between those methods. Nevertheless, a good understanding of those terms and their outcomes can indubitably help one to find a better way to educate their child. During his childhood, the kid will learn how to differentiate what is good from bad