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Direct linkKeefer, Laura Reynolds – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2005
Defiant behavior in two- and three-year-olds is a natural expression of a young child's growing autonomy, and, although frustrating to adults, is a natural phase of a child's socio-emotional growth. L.S. Vygotsky's socio-historical theory of the development included a discussion of "crisis" periods, one of which he felt occurred at age three. The…
Descriptors: Young Children, Behavior Problems, Social Structure, Play
