... , at times, it is difficult for the child to understand that these requirements even exist! The internalization of formal rules is one facet of social development to which adults assign great significance. Indeed, noncompliance is the "most frequent reason for psychiatric referral of young children" (Schaffer, 1999, p. 250). Self-control is important, of course. "Adults play a crucial part ... are sometimes trying to operate within several different "realities," each of which sets forth an entirely different set of rules. For example, Turiel (cited in Schaffer, 1996, p. 268) notes that t...

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