This level and its stages fit children over the age of ten years and on to adulthood. The third level is called Postconventional. During this level individuals govern their behavior by the relative values and opinions of the groups they live and interact with. Laws that agree with universal moral principles are obeyed but when those laws violate these principles, the individual follows the principles instead. It develops as a result of parental interaction, balanced discipline styles, and a child's own choices.
Children learn about right from wrong from their earliest experiences.
When they need nurturing or feeding and parents fulfill that need without excessive indulgence, then children develop characters that accept rules and tolerate frustrations, later in life. Too much love and a child becomes spoiled, expecting their every want and need to be met regardless of other people's wants and needs. This causes children to be stuck in those early stages of moral development based on selfish individualism. Too many limits and the child develop a low sense of worth and a lack of self-control. This usually results in an overly rebellious child or an unhealthy submissive one.