The findings of the present investigation is that creative stimulation, cognitive
encouragement and permissiveness as dimensions of school environment are
significantly and positively correlated with moral reasoning.
The resultsofthepresentinvestigationalsoindicatethatacceptingmind-setofparents
hasapositiveeffectonthedevelopment ofmoralreasoningyoungstersasthe
groupofyoungsterswithparentshavinghighacceptingmind-setwerefoundtobebetter
onmoral reasoningascomparedtonotsowellacceptedgroupofsubjects.Atthetheoretical
backdrop itappearstobequitetrueasthedevelopmentofthechildcognitive ormoralhasa
directrelationshipwiththemind-setoftheparents.Themoreaccepting behaviourofparents
helpsinthenurturanceof moralreasoningamongtheirwardsbecauseacceptanceassuchisa
consideratebehaviouranditdirectlypromotesmoralbehaviour.Morality impliesputting
oneselfintoothersshoesandthereforeitpromotesconsideration forotherswhichisan
essentialcomponentofmorality. Parentscanbringaboutcertaindesirable changesinchild’s
behaviouronlywhentheyshowakindofbelongingness, care, acceptanceandconcernfor
thechild.Itsonlyparents’deepembeddednesswiththechildrenthattheycanhelpthechild
developintoahumanebeingwithoutwhicheducationwillberelegatedtomereliteracy.
Evensocialpsychologists holdthatchilddevelops behavior desirable
orundesirablebyimitatingthebehaviourof‘significantothers’.So
whenthechildfeelsthathis/herparentsareconsiderate towardshim, thechildalso
internalizesthesamethroughimitation.
7. Conclusion
Creative stimulation, cognitive encouragement, permissiveness and acceptance as
dimensions of school environment were found to be significantly and positively
correlated with moral reasoning among youngsters, whereas rejection has been found
to be negatively correlated with moral reasoning. When different types of parental
mind-sets were studied in the context of moral reasoning among youngsters, the
accepting mind-set on the part of parents was found to have a positive significant effect
on the development of moral reasoning among the subjects, whereas concentrating
mind-set of parent s was found to have no effect on such development and avoiding
mind-set of parents was found to have negative effect on the development of moral
reasoning among youngsters.