When Leigh takes her son, Tom, to the supermarket, she insists they return the shopping cart to the storage area in front of the store instead of leaving it in the parking lot. Leigh has told Tom that the store has a rule that carts be returned, and explains that it is both a considerate and safe thing to do. Tom becomes extremely upset when he accompanies his father to the supermarket and his father refuses to return the cart to the front of the store. Based on Piaget's stages of moral development, how old is Tom likely to be?

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Tom is likely around 5 years old, as this age corresponds with Piaget's stage of moral realism, where children believe rules are inflexible and become upset when they are not followed exactly.

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