The parents of students in your fourth-grade class want you to include moral issues in your classroom curriculum. a few parents who have read about kohlberg's theory of moral development want you to the students progress to postconventional moral reasoning. you should reply by pointing out that: postconventional reasoning is probably an unrealistic goal for fourth graders. this is a good idea because postconventional reasoning will promote abstract thought. research studies indicate that most students have already reached the postconventional level by fourth grade. there is nothing you can do to promote moral development before students reach adolescence.