When do kids start to care about other people’s opinions?

Sara Valencia Botto’s TED talk on this subject is worth a watch. How we teach kids values is the sub-text.

Drawing on her research into early childhood development, psychologist Sara Valencia Botto investigates when (and how) children begin to change their behaviors in the presence of others — and explores what it means for the values we communicate in daily interactions. (Watch for cute footage of sneaky toddlers.)

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