Children arrive with an innate moral compass–but it takes nurturing to help it flourish.

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Five-year-olds know right from wrong.
In a 2025 study, researchers showed young children videos of either a robot or a peer grabbing something that wasn’t theirs or refusing to share. Then they asked a simple question: Was the behavior right or wrong?
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