Children of which age group do you think are difficult to handle?

I think the most difficult age group for children to be handled is at the beginning period of puberty. They feel the sudden physiological change and couldn’t adapt themselves in many respects. Psychologically they become unstable and tend to be rebellious in many circumstances. Though they are approaching adulthood their thinking is still immature and this will arise much conflicts and problems consequently.

Yes you are right.As children grow older it becomes difficult to discipline them.Specially teenage is the age when it is really difficult to handle them.That what i think.At that age they are not big enough & also not small enough.They lack maturity but they think that they are mature enough.

I think the teenage boys and girls are difficult to handle becoz they have their own way of living and cant tolerate any interruption of the parents or the guardians. They become the parents of their own and this is the age where they cannot distinguish between right and wrong.

my biggest fear is when my daughters become teens. my daughter is almost 5 and already she seems to be getting mouthy and smarts off. that is mostly thanks to the bratty neighbor girl she was hanging out with. i'm trying to get her back to the sweet girl she was now that the neighbor has moved away. i think teens is probably the hardest.

The ages I have the hardest time with seems to be 5 and 8. The terrible 2 & 3s never seemed too terrible to me. You need to know what a child is & isn't capable of at that age, keep your expectations reasonable & you'll do fine. But 5 seems to be the first wave of "I know that mom". Perhaps because they're going to school or interacting more with other children; suddenly you can't tell them anything without getting some backtalk about how they already know that. Then it seems to taper off for a couple of years and come back up around age 8. Now once again they know everything, but add to that now in their opinion you know nothing. I'm very close to my children. Overall through the years they do seem to come to me first with their questions & problems and I like that. I think I may be oversensitive when they do go through those particular stages. I think I take it too personally that they don't want or need my advice for awhile, instead of just seeing it as a normal part of childhood development.

Teenage is hard to handle .. as far as I think .. though I am not married but I have seen that teenagers are really hard to handle by their parents .. once they reach their teenage they think that they have grown old and will start taking their own life decisions. I have seen many spoilt teenagers and they don't even hear what their parents really have to say.

Well, I think the teen years win hands down. My son is a bit tough to take at times, but my biggest fear is when my 11 year old turns 13! Everyone says no matter what I'm going through with my son, it will be worse with my daughter. Oh well, I guess I've just got to buck up and deal with it.

Hi eshaan!!HA HA!!.Handling children is always difficult.Each year they grow up they challenge us with new problems and we have to face them cleverly .From their birth to becoming well resposible persons i think.Smiles

The todler stages I think are the worst, because it is at that age they can walk and are starting to talk and are not very complient, since they do not fully understand things yet, not to mention the whole potty training thing.

I think if you discipline children consistently (none of the "just 5 more minutes, Mom" stuff) and teach them how to treat others with kindness and respect, then they will grow up to be healthy, functional adults. Our oldest child was a bit difficult when she was 5-6, then again between 14-16, and our son when he was 20-24. I just think they go through stages where they test the boundaries. I also believe peer pressure, lousy TV, video games, and some music with horrible words make it very hard, especially for young people between 18-25. There is the whole post-modernistic attitude out there among their peers that moral standards are all relative, and what's good for you might not be good for me, and visa versa. It's a very difficult day and age in which to raise children!