What are the reasons that a child might knowingly disobey its parent(s)? From what does such rebellion arise?

Question

Eartha: If all anger comes from "The Evil One", to what do you attribute Jesus' temper outbursts?

Answer 1

Mostly they just want to feel independent. My daughter picks some silly things to decide to do it over. Then stuff you would expect (like taking junk food) she doesn't do.

Answer 2

I don't believe that kids know right from wrong in the beginning. They have to be taught it, and shown that there is reward for doing things right. I do not believe that children are bent toward evil either as some others do. I believe that are just more wrong answers, actions, words etc. than there are right ones to any given situation. It is easy to do a wrong thing... one, because the world does not make it easy to do right, and maybe doesn't even know or care what is right... Two, because there are just naturally more wrong things than right. Example: 2+2 can only be 4 or 22. Any other answer (think about how many numbers/answers are out there) isn't correct. That doesn't mean the person figuring out the solution is bent toward sin if they get it wrong, they just haven't learned what the answer is. That is why a parent must properly teach their child, lovingly diciplining the child and consistantly teaching their child what is right, by lesson and by example. Reward them for doing what is right, take away a privalage for doing what is wrong, with explaination.. and give lots and lots of love and understanding through it all. As a child grows they will eventually come to see that "getting it right" is it's own reward.

Answer 3

1. No consequences.
2. Peer pressure.
3. The disobedient act was desired so greatly that the child felt it was worth it.
4. The parent was unreasonable in his/her request and the child saw through it.
5. Inconsistency on behalf of the parent.....overlooks disobedience at times, punishes at other times......child is confused.
6. Lack of a love relationship with the child.....love is a greater motivator than fear.

Rebellion arises for the same reasons.

Answer 4

Anger

Edit: Wow... look at all the thumbs down. I know that anger is a result of anger due to experience from my own kids. During the time before I got divorced, I saw my kids going through all kinds of anger. Resulting them to become little rebels. If my kids knowingly knew bringing a fishing knife was wrong, they did it anyway. They were reaching out for attention and got it from the Sgt. of the police dept in our town. It was very heartbreaking and disappointing for me to see my kids acting out in a way that was negative. They were angry and didn't know how to talk about it, as most kids don't.
So, I guess there is all kinds of reasons kids knowingly disobey their parents, and become rebellions. Each person, in every situation, reacts, and responds differently to life. And definitely the parents can make or break how children get over feelings they have about things.

Answer 5

Several possibilities include:

1) an assertion of identity
2) a rebellious nature
3) the child having parents who tell that child to do something that even that child knows is wrong
4) attention

Answer 6

The belief that they are more qualified to decide the best course of action for themselves then their parents.

The rebellion can arise from many things... an infantile desire for immediate gratification, a desire for attention, assertion of the id, jealousy, imitativeness, a desire to belong (peer pressure) or obey other forms of authority (TV commercials), stupidity, bravado, genuinely being smarter than your parents, a psycho or socio-pathology, OCD or various other forms of mental illness, and too much of that red fruit punch my sister calls, "makes kids go crazy juice."

Answer 7

It stems from finding out that your parents are not always right. You begin to question everything they have ever taught you, which is good, it means that they have become a person in their own right!

Answer 8

If the children were grown and become adults. Nobody continues to obey their parents blindly once they are adults and leave home.

Answer 9

I disagreed with my parents, and my children disagreed with me, over the same things... needing to find out for ourselves. It appears to be an intrinsic piece of humanity.

Answer 10

Children test boundaries. that is how they learn about what they can do, are allowed to do, and what they cannot and/or are not allowed to do.

Set firm limits for your child(ren) and know they will test them as part of their cognitive learning process. It how we grow as a species.