Kids A health and safety column from Children's Mercy of Kansas City, Mo. And the answer, often, is they learned it from the parents themselves.
Children watch their parents.
If they exhibit certain behavior, the children are likely to follow, according to Dr. Rochelle Harris, developmental psychologist at The Children's Mercy Hospital. It sounds simple and it is. If you want your children to adopt certain values, you, too, need to live them. A sense of right and wrong. These are key to the development of children's character and important to helping them achieve their highest potential.