Around here the babies seem to come in batches and out of every batch there is a rough one. They are all from good families, there seems to be no obvious reason for it and I see how much it frustrates their mothers.
I personally think it is a mixture of age and personality. Most of them seem to be subsequent children and have grown up learning to stand up for themselves among their siblings. It is just a thing that some kids do - some tantrum, some whinge, some hit and kick. They are all just learning to control their emotions and they lack the impulse control to stop themselves even if they know it is the wrong thing to do. Obviously there are kids that are modeling behaviour they see or are acting out for attention, but just as often they are just going through a phase.
JM, the red hair thing is unfair and nothing to do with anything. S is beautiful and when she is a bit older she will grow out of the rougher aspects of her personality and you will be left with a very naturally confident girl. And BTW, I wouldn't assume that anyone is a terrible mother because their kid is rough, especially if she was monitoring the behaviour. It is only when the kid is left to run riot that I would get annoyed.
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