Toddlers: they’re such d*cks, right?
Tantrums, total disregard for other people’s feelings, constant need to throw things/hit people/pull hair.
For a long time, people have assumed that toddlers’ d*ckish behaviour is really their infantile way to express themselves, or get creative, or learn how to deal with anger. Or they’re genuinely upset.
But a new study from the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals that actually, toddlers are often horrible for literally no reason. The research, led by Audun Dahl, found that most of the time, acts of aggression in toddlers are entirely unprovoked.
Dahl interviewed 74 middle-class mothers of toddlers, asking them to describe a recent occasion when their child physically harmed someone… Read the full story