Why do some four year olds listen better then others?

Answer 1

Faster development, better parenting

Answer 2

All children are different. They are also raised differently. A child who has been disciplined since very early will listen better than one who has never been disciplined as young child. Also some kids just have the attitude that they are going to do what they want when they want to. The key is to break their will without breaking their spirit.

Answer 3

Children who have mothers who talk to them in a certain, positive, guiding, respectful and articulate way very early tend to listen better at four. Such mothers explain what's happening to the baby or toddler. Its just a kind of day-to-day, natural "filling them in" thing because they are a person, because they may like to feel included, and because such talking helps them develop their brains when it comes to listening and talking.

When mothers teach children things such as "no running in the living room" or "no bringing juice into the bedroom" early, or when there are simple and reasonable rules about things like not running around auntie's living room or not grabbing food out of someone's refrigerator; children learn self-control. They understand what they should be doing, feel respected and valued, and feel grown up enough that Mom expects them to behave in a certain way.

Kids who don't listen well most likely haven't been raised needing to listen or having anything interesting to listen to.

Kids who don't listen (unless they have a mental condition) tend to be kids who's mothers yell but don't talk to them as little humans, who don't bothered explaining anything to them, who talk about them as if they're not in the room, who complain about them, and who have taught their children there's no reason to listen.

Children who have mothers who are skilled from the time they're babies tend to develop emotional maturity early, so by the time they're four they're pretty reasonable. When mothers either don't bother teaching or else emphasize "intellectual" development without regard for emotional/social maturity, you get the four-year-old that nobody likes to see coming.

Answer 4

They can tell when someone is stupid. It's than, not then. Maybe the four year old of which you spoke only listens to smart people.

Answer 5

Phsycology holds that answer. Every child is a wrapped gift, to know everythin you must unwrap that gift and get to the present inside to know everything.

Answer 6

its is because the attention span of kids verys apon kid and off genes

Answer 7

children have different respond level.

Answer 8

its in the genes

Answer 9

they all have different personalities

Answer 10

People think they know ALLLLLLLLLLLL