Interactive
The Rule That's Wrong
What do you do when a rule isn't fair?
Learn which rules matter and why.
Children ages 7 to 12 who are encountering rules that feel unfair — at school, at home, or in their community — and who are learning the difference between rules that are wrong because you don't like them and rules that are wrong because they aren't right. Also for educators who want to build civic reasoning before it becomes purely reactive.
The Name It First Experience
There's a rule. And it doesn't feel right. Maybe it applies to some people and not others. Maybe it was made without considering anyone who looks like you. Maybe it seems like the wrong answer to the wrong question. In The Rule That's Wrong, you navigate what to do with that feeling. Do you break it? Do you challenge it the right way? Do you try to change it? Do you find out you were wrong about the rule? Each path leads somewhere different. This is a story for children who are learning that the relationship between rules and fairness is not the same as the relationship between rules and authority — and that knowing the difference is the beginning of civic life. The output is your Rule That's Wrong Page — what you found out about the rule and what you decided to do.
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Sample questions
- What do you think the character is feeling when they realize the rule doesn't apply the same way to everyone?
- What is the difference between a rule that's wrong because you don't like it and a rule that's wrong because it isn't fair?
- What would YOU do if you found a rule that seemed unfair?
Research basis
Grounded in Kohlberg (1969) conventional and post-conventional moral reasoning applied to rule fairness / Piaget on children and rule-understanding / CASEL on civic reasoning development through scenario practice.
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