Positive Behaviour with Children

Toddlers throw tantrums because of their genes, not bad parenting.

Now a day a lot of parents blame themselves for their children’s bad behaviour and bad habits. But the recent scientists claim toddlers throw tantrums because of their genes and not because of their upbringing.

According to the research it is found that identical and non identical twins suggest genetics have a more important role to play than previously thought. Similarly for the past 21 years it has largely been found that the development of childhood aggression was down to learning from bad role models. Previously it has indicated that it starts during infancy and peaks between the ages of two and four. However scientists found there are substantial differences in both the frequency and rate of change in tantrums because of the interplay of genetic and environmental factors with the passing of time.

The gene environement analysis revealed that early genetic factors were pervasive in accounting for developmental trends, explaining most of the stability and change in physical aggression. However it should be emphasized that these genetic associations do not imply that the early trajectories of physical aggression are set and unchangeable. The genetic factors can always interact with other factors in the causal chain explaining any behavior. So just because children throw tantrums when they are small, there is no reason why they cannot be better behaved in later life.

At last the genetically indicial monozygotic twins who originated from the same embryo and non identical dizogytic twins who developed in separate embryos. Mother were asked to rate the physical aggression of t heir twins by reporting behaviour such as hitting, biting, kicking and fighting at the age of 20 , 32 and 50 months.