This study investigated the moral socialization strategies that mothers use in conversations about their children’s experiences
of harming their siblings as compared to their friends. The sample included 101 mothers and their 7‐, 11‐, or 16‐year‐old
children; each dyad discussed events when the child (a) harmed a younger sibling and (b) harmed a friend (order counterbalanced).
Analyses indicated that when children harmed…