Why are my kids good around other people and then badly behaved with me?

  • Written by: Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate professor, Curtin University
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Parents may be familiar with this scenario: a child is well behaved at school and polite to their teachers but has a meltdown at home in the afternoon.

Or they say please and thank you at a friend’s house but are rude with their family. They follow the rules if they visit a neighbour but have to be constantly...

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