However, there are many different causes of misbehaviors in children other than the action of a parent.
Why are children being found less controllable? Depending on who gets asked, the likely answer is almost always, "the parents". Each child has different causes of misbehaviors, it is first necessary to look at the child's environment. To determine the child's cause of behavior disorders within the environment they live in, observers must first look at the stress level within a home. If stress is not the case, they then move on to whether the child is depressed and what may be causing the depression. Depression in adolescents can be caused by numerous environmental factors such as extreme emotional and physical neglect, or bullying by the parents. Some common signs of depression include loss of interest or becoming easily aggravated, appetite loss and most often, fatigue. If none of the listed symptoms are associated with the child's behavior, observers move …show more content…
They know that something is different and they act out how they feel. If a child is unhappy, they behave irrationally and become agitated more frequently. They find it hard to trust anyone that comes into their life and find it difficult to adjust to new situations or routines. Whether it be a social misbehavior that is more frequently learned through observation or a genetic or naturally developing diagnoses, such as autism, each child deserves the chance to be understood. But, who is to say that the parent(s) are not the ones triggering these behaviors? Could a parent have been diagnosed with a disorder as a child and show symptoms as an adult? Many doctors have researched adolescent behaviors that are not limited to autism or oppositional defiance. In fact, anxiety and panic attacks may cause a child to react frantically in new environments, causing defiance out of fear. Meaning, anxiety can either happen from trauma or when feeling threatened. An adolescent deals with anxiety the only way they know how and that is by defying orders in a means to protect themselves or to secure themselves to what seems familiar. Along with anxiety, comes lack of focus, often defined as attention deficit disorder or attention deficit/hyperactive