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Can"t determine child"s behaviour as being abnormal until you compare them to the children that are typically seen in the population normal . Most people not alarmed by 2 year old temper tantrum, however if 12 year old or 16 year old throwing tantrum is out of the norm should have learned by then how to regulate your emotions. Children don"t have resources that adolescents and adults have (ex: friends) Adults have a sense of self-concept and know where to get the resources they need to help manage their problems. Even when dsm started putting classifications for children (2-3 classifications) in 1950s limited understanding of mental health of children and younger adolescents. Add doesn"t have hyperactivity (in terms of motor activity) Children very hyper and cannot sit still even if you tell a very hyper child to sit down, they will sit for a specific amount of time.
