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Child Behaviour: Violence 'starts at four'
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
24 October 2007
The ability of young children to learn to control their behaviour before they start school could be the key to preventing violence in later life, according to a new study.
Richard Tremblay, professor of Paediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology at the University of Montreal, who presented the findings at the Royal Society in London last week, said, 'Our research showed that children do not learn to physically aggress - it is a natural behaviour. Instead, they learn not to use violence and to find alternatives. We found that child aggression peaks between the ages of two and four.' The study found...
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