Mom says, “Now play nicely.” Dad says, “You boys stop fighting.” The babysitter says, “She was such a good girl today.” Teachers write on student papers, “Good work.” Just what does good mean to a child?  Or, for that matter, what do, nice, kind, fight, naughty, bad, and any other broad and, to a child, …

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