Some kids seem to be an absolute breeze as far as their behaviour’s concerned, whereas other parents feel like their work’s truly cut out for them. But why is this?

It can’t all be down to how you’ve parented because some siblings are raised very similarly and yet can still behave wildly different.

“Parents of well behaved kids – what are the biggest causes do you think?” asked a curious parent to a six-month-old baby on Reddit’s popular r/Parenting forum.

Addressing parents of older kids who are “really well behaved (for the most part...)”, the parent asked: “What do you attribute that to the most? Did you have any over-arching philosophies that helped? Or anything you did that you think made the biggest difference?”

They added that besides enforcing the rule that “no means no”, they “have no idea” how they would discipline their child in the future.

And after spending some time with a friend’s three-year-old, who “did not listen AT ALL and actually almost hit my baby”, they wanted all the tips.

Temperament and genetics seem to play a big part

One commenter suggested the biggest contributor, in their view, seemed to be temperament and genetics.

Another parent seconded this answer: “After having two kids who were more [or] less raised the same with totally different behavioural outcomes, I can’t understate the role that genetics and temperament plays into things.”

“Temperament 90%,” said another parent. “I have two boys, two........

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