What is the 'Conscience'?

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There are really great ways to bring up kids without using fear tactics or even punishment (e.g., giving children consequences). What you are thinking is some oppressive and 'authoritarian' tendencies which is not what this theory is about. You can have 'authoritative' parents who guide their children with love and rules. When the kids are able to increasingly think for themselves, parents begin to back off and let them make their choices. They can then grow up to make decisions based on their internal compass rather than what society or what their religion or new age channeled entity or whoever told them is the 'right way' to think. I think perhaps you might benefit from reading more closely on the topic of post-conventional stages.