Comments on: Characteristics of Three (and a half) Year Old Behavior http://planningwithkids.com/2009/11/17/characteristics-of-three-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/ 2 parents, 5 kids, organised chaos Wed, 23 May 2012 10:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Challenging Behaviourhttp://planningwithkids.com/2009/11/17/characteristics-of-three-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-115275 Challenging Behaviour Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:20:40 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=4559#comment-115275 [...] he has done before, not even as a two year old!!!!!*****I have written on the blog before about the periods of disequilibrium that children can go through once they reach a half year point (eg, 2.5 years old), and these [...] [...] he has done before, not even as a two year old!!!!!*****I have written on the blog before about the periods of disequilibrium that children can go through once they reach a half year point (eg, 2.5 years old), and these [...]

]]> By: A Quiet Simple Life » Three and a half year old drama and a child who doesn’t want to go to churchhttp://planningwithkids.com/2009/11/17/characteristics-of-three-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-92663 A Quiet Simple Life » Three and a half year old drama and a child who doesn’t want to go to church Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:41:42 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=4559#comment-92663 [...] remind me of the theory of six months of equilibrium at the birthday and six months of disequilibrium at the half birthday (based on this [...] [...] remind me of the theory of six months of equilibrium at the birthday and six months of disequilibrium at the half birthday (based on this [...]

]]> By: Mayhttp://planningwithkids.com/2009/11/17/characteristics-of-three-and-a-half-year-old-behavior/comment-page-1/#comment-54968 May Fri, 21 May 2010 14:50:57 +0000 http://planningwithkids.com/?p=4559#comment-54968 Nancy, That was me when my daughter was 3.5. The worst behaviour I have ever seen, I was thinking she needed a shrink. Tantrums, hitting me, yelling, whining refusing to get dressed / let me put her seat belt on / fights about socks! But it's been a roller coaster since then - some months golden, some horrid. She's now nearly 4.5, and we've been good for a while, but time will tell if we've peaked and its back down tomorrow. I often antedotally hear that boys have hormonal surges around 3.5 - 4. However when I dwelve this all appears traced back to the same author (Bringing up boys). Leaves us with tantruming girls a little lost., even dismissed as "oh girls are easy" or that if my girl plays up, its a poor parenting issue. It'd be nice if there was some proper science on this one. Nancy,
That was me when my daughter was 3.5. The worst behaviour I have ever seen, I was thinking she needed a shrink. Tantrums, hitting me, yelling, whining refusing to get dressed / let me put her seat belt on / fights about socks! But it’s been a roller coaster since then – some months golden, some horrid. She’s now nearly 4.5, and we’ve been good for a while, but time will tell if we’ve peaked and its back down tomorrow.

I often antedotally hear that boys have hormonal surges around 3.5 – 4. However when I dwelve this all appears traced back to the same author (Bringing up boys). Leaves us with tantruming girls a little lost., even dismissed as “oh girls are easy” or that if my girl plays up, its a poor parenting issue. It’d be nice if there was some proper science on this one.

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