[Mind's Eye] Little Women and Men

Hey there everyone, the other day i was sitting around and thinking
about my grown upness, the fact that having passed childhood proven
that i can sit and reminisce about it... i have a question about the
categorisations.. are they purely biological?... but that was beside
the point... what i was thinking was... i was sometimes very mean and
selfish whe younger... and since i can take an objective view now...
the little 'me'disgusts me sometimes... i am speaking in terms of
'morality'... now considering 'morality' in the adult world is much
debated... then its even harder to define it for children.. my
question is ... how is morality for children different ... if a child
does something mean... we dont pay much attention to it... we just let
it off.. saying you know so and so is a kid.... well thats what makes
it harder for me to understand... a child... acting selfish... is i
suppose forgivable.. he or she hasnt been conditioned to 'hide' their
selfishness... but doing harm ... or causing pain to the other.. that
should be taken seroiusly...if they enjoy kiiling an insect.. enjoy
torturing an animal...it really baffles me when some children do
that ..and they do indeed ... if a child is not 'conditioned' how will
she or he grow up to be...we cant realy tell cause we will never be
able to provide that kind of vaccum... there arguments that say the
whole morality thing is just a survival thing.. like the social
contract or whatever.... Why do we say children are innocent.. by
innocent do we mean they dont have a 'social curtain' thing... its all
out in the open whatever there is... Different communities have
different attitudes towards children right... i often think of the
children on the street... they learn survival really quick... what
would their 'morals' be.. what do you think?... and also Parents...
what if the parents that raise a particular child.. are well
'depraved' according to standards... is it necessary that the child
will pick up that... or he/she might pick up the complete oppositite
values... without there being much socialisation... is it
possible?....i kinda jumbled it... but its all out... tell me what you
think.. anything at all... like Rigs quite often has some cool
insights about parent children realtionships...