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[quote=Anonymous]My kid can act that way at other people's houses. She also acts that way at home often, but she can also bounce off the walls, be extremely rude, and throw fits. That's kids (she's in preschool).

One particularly devious thing my kid will do at a friend's house is notice that the friend's parent is exasperated with the friend's poor behavior, and intentionally show off her manners and calmness to show she's "better" than the other kid. I don't know if the other parents can tell this is happening but I can. Partly it makes me laugh (to myself, exclusively), but it also partly exasperates ME because probably her biggest challenging behavior right now is that she is so incredibly competitive over everything. We are working on addressing this behavior now, before her friends start figuring out what she's doing (if they haven't already -- young kids are very intuitively smart about social behavior) and getting angry with her for making them look bad. It's hard!

The point is, no young child is 100% well behaved all the time, and if they were, I'd worry about them! Kids need safe places to let it all hang out. They are still new to being people and actually a lot is expected of them at school and in daycare. Lots and lots of rules, and they have very limited control over their lives. It's normal for them to be especially terrible at home because that's their safe place; your kids are likely better behaved away from home, especially when you aren't around.[/quote]

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