There are many forms of climbing. Social climbing is not as bad as 'they' say, not if growth of individual assets or character is brought into it. There is that hope, at any rate. Mature guys among psychologists insist that character is the personality evaluated. Personality is what you happen to 'own' inside.
Moral development can be a matter of growth.
As long as you are minor, you have lots of benefits from being well protected against this and that. The little one needs careful protection against falling and touching things, and so on. There are many limits to respect, in other words. As we grow older, some limits are worn out, others dispensed with, and parts of that process is natural. And great tact may help a lot, far and wide.