Which statement regarding the influence parents have on an adolescent's moral reasoning is TRUE?
A) Neither Piaget nor Kohlberg considered parents important to children's moral development.
B) Since cognitive level is so important to moral reasoning, parents are not important to adolescent morality.
C) Parents do not typically play a large role in an adolescent's ability to reason morally.
D) Piaget and Kohlberg thought parental influence was central to moral reasoning.

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Piaget and Kohlberg, two of the most influential theorists in the field of moral development, did not emphasize the role of parents in the development of children's moral reasoning. Instead, they focused on the stages of moral understanding that children and adolescents go through, which they believed were largely independent of parental influence.

Which Statement Regarding the Influence Parents Have on an Adolescent's