Parents Are Pondering What Led To Their Child Growing Up Well-Behaved

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/690b4848230000dc22be24d1.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="" data-caption="" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Vera Vita via Getty Images" /></div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>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?</p><p>It can’t <em>all</em> be down to how you’ve parented because some siblings are raised very similarly and yet can still behave wildly different. </p><p>“Parents of well behaved kids – what are the biggest causes do you think?” asked a curious parent to a six-month-old baby on <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/comments/1onnj3p/parents_of_well_behaved_kids_what_are_the_biggest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reddit’s popular r/Parenting forum. </a></p><p>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?”</p><p>They added that besides enforcing the rule that “no means no”, they “have no idea” how they would discipline their child in the future.</p><p>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.</p><h2><strong>Temperament and genetics seem to play a big part </strong></h2><p>One commenter suggested the biggest contributor, in their view, seemed to be temperament and genetics.</p><p>Another parent seconded this answer: “After having two kids who were more [or] less raised the s