Blog Series: Brain Development & Culture: Fairness

"That's not fair!"

How often have you heard that one? I know that I have-as a parent and an educator. A sense of fairness and justice is something that develops in children at a young age and stays with them throughout their lives. When they are very young, what is fair is often dependent on what the child wants. As they grow older, children start to develop a more sophisticated, nuanced way of understanding fairness. And some of the way in which they evaluate the righteousness of a situation is through the lens of culture. The following article explains how children develop a sense of fairness. It appears that some aspects of fairness are universal while others depend on where a child is raised. For more information about what fairness actually looks like in the brain and what regions are activated during a game regarding fairness, check out this article. 

This series will be ongoing. There may not be a post every week, but we'll keep it going for as long as people have questions that need to be answered! Leave a comment below, fill out the interest survey, or contact me. What questions do you have about diversity and the brain? What would you like to know more about? How does this all relate to your children? I can't wait to hear from you!

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