What is a “naughty” child?
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Fully agree with Natalie - people are far too quick in my opinion to label children as naughty but fail to realise children are little people with feelings. They can get overstimulated and act out but that’s not naughty.
@Natalie same opinion here my post is based off a post I’ve just seen 😀 I think as adults we forget children are just exploring and be curious sometimes things we are aware is dangerous and that scared us
@Fay definitely. A lot is punishing for us having unrealistic expectations of what they can do. Such as not listening (especially under 5s once they can communicate) but they can only actually listen 25% of the time developmentally.
I sometimes think my youngest is naughty, like if we ask him to not do something, he smiles, looks us in the eye and does it in slo-mo… but then, is that naughty or just cheeky?
@Laxmi it’s funny because my daughter does the exact same 🤣 I think at this age they just push boundaries and see how far they can go. X
A naughty child is a child with parents who struggle to regulate themselves and find effective parenting strategies for themselves and haven't found a method that works with their kid. So I mean naughty kid=parents without resources or parents who don't care. But I agree no such thing as a naughty kid, just a kid with unmet needs and boundries.
I don't think you're allowed to call them naughty any more.
Both of mine 🤣
@Fay couldn’t agree more! Same when I see a lot of posts about children not going to sleep or not following a routine like clockwork… we forget they’re are tiny humans .. sometimes we’re grumpy as adults and act irrationally we say things in the moment we don’t mean or haven’t thought through .
@Rachel not allowed? By whom?
Deliberately being mean by knowing another person would feel hurt, repeatedly testing boundaries at a certain age(not as young as 2 or 3)... If there are no naughty kids, then maybe there are no good kids neither.
@Ting I read somewhere that a child will be what you tell them they are. So if you continuously call them naughty or tell them that what they are doing is naughty, it's not good for their self-esteem. Plus, they will just do what you are telling them is naughty even more, so it's pointless really.
i know the post you’re referring to. i think they meant naughty in terms of not listening or doing things they know they aren’t supposed to. but that doesn’t make them a naughty kid, that just makes them a typical kid
I agree with the no such thing. They have no idea what they’re doing majority of the time and are often encouraged to repeat “bad” behaviour by adults or other children, through laughter or attention.
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@Rachel I hear people say that too. That means children can be naughty, they are just too weak mentally to be told that they are naughty. I don't like that approach too. I would say 'you're naughty today' or 'This is naughty.', instead of 'You're a naughty kid.' to define them totally. We should live with truth. We're sometimes good and sometimes bad. And I'm not sure they'll always do more naughty things when being call out either. Sometimes they need to know that they do sth wrong or bad to change. I don't think very young children can be naughty though. Just my opinions.
In my opinion no such thing. Children who are feeling overwhelmed, tired, upset, hungry etc may show behaviours we would rather they didn't but it doesn't make them naughty.