Why do children fight so much?

Question

Why do children fight so much?

Answer 1

Because they are learning how to relate to other people. We are all born thinking that the world revolves around us. In fact, it takes us a while to learn that other people are actually other people. Sharing, compromise, negotiation and other tools to relating to the world have to be learned. And apparently, they are best learned by making mistakes.

Answer 2

...various reasons, but the two big reasons imo is that 1.  they witness fighting from their role models and 2.  their aggressive tendencies are not being supervised, managed and channeled properly by the the primary caretakers.

Answer 3

Because thats what children do.

Answer 4

Kids have a really hard time verbalising their emotions/frustrations.  Lacking the ability to do that, they switch over to the next easiest thing... throwing tantrums, throwing punches, biting, etc.  What this usually means is "I'm mad at you and I don't have the patience to tell you that I'm mad at you."  Does this make sense?

Answer 5

Human nature. until parental nurture takes control

Answer 6

its a I'm the boss syndrome  we all need to no are place in life  we are pack animal hun  

Answer 7

I fought with my sister a lot when we were young.  I am messy, and she is neat.  I am outgoing and she is quiet.  We have similar goals but different ways to achieve them.

We found that once we abandoned trying to live together, we were pals.  Just the day to day of rubbing each other wrong (and sharing a room) was the culprit.

TX Mom

Answer 8

Kids don't know better...Their immature brain needs a lot of things to learn I guess...

Answer 9

The answer to this question is as simple as it is complex. It is when we as humans first begin "wanting what we can't have." The toy doesn't look as appealing just laying on the floor as it does in action in another child's hand. What we do not realize as adults is that we never outgrow this. As teenagers We can dump our boyfriends or girlfriends because we are bored with them or don't like them anymore.We can even move on to the next one not giving our ex another thought until our ex begins to date someone else, then much to our surprise we are crushed and often want them back. As adults it gets no better! How often do we find ourselves buying something when we see someone else with one, things we would have never bought just because we seen it on a shelf in a store or even on a car lot. We actually do it more as adults than as children It is all part of the age old sayings "wanting what we can't have" and "the grass is always greener on the other side." We just have a harder time realizing that as adults.

Answer 10

Becuase kids wil be kids.