Main Differences Between Home, & School

Why do some kids act differently at home, compared to school, and what are the differences? 

Maybe you're scared of getting in trouble, many kids are nervous about getting in trouble. This can mean that they act shy and nervous, and when kids are nervous then they try to find ways their fear won’t come true, so they’re quiet. They’re usually nervous about not getting the right answers or nervous about not getting things right in general. Furthermore, that is a possible reason why kids act better at school than at home.

Many possible things that could be causing your kids to get upset and misbehave; Maybe when they misbehave you give them what they want and that teaches them that misbehaving gets you what you want. You shouldn’t always give them what they want especially if it starts with a fit when you say no nor should you never give them what they want, (unless there’s an actual reason.) (I’m a kid, I like getting things.). So maybe your kids are misbehaving because they get what they want when they misbehave, as Papa Bear says from the Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies, “Brother and Sister have the worst case of the galloping greedy Gimmies I’ve ever seen!” If you want to learn how Brother and Sister recovered from the Gimmies you should read it now.

It could be a different problem going on, too few rules. School has lots of structure and that includes rules. So if that answers your question, that’s great. But maybe the problem is when they come there are more rules. And they’re not anxious anymore, most likely. It’s home and they probably feel more comfortable, and open. So maybe what they really need is a nice place to rest from all the rules that they have to deal with at school.