Caprice - from the French “stubbornness”, “persistence”, “whim”. These three meanings describe everything that we are accustomed to consider as children's whims. Being capricious means behaving differently than the mother expected, not in a way that would be comfortable or understandable for the mother. Psychologists say that whim in its pure form, that is, an unmotivated desire to act contrary to everything, is quite rare behavior and is mainly associated with bad behavior. the well-being of the little person. In other cases, under the name of whim lies a test or expansion of the boundaries of one’s freedom, attempts to defend one’s opinion, choice, decision, right; personality traits that do not fit into the framework of the norms accepted in the family. Let's, together with a psychologist, see what happens in which case and what a confused, angry, tired mother should do. That is, how she can become wise, calm and cheerful. And this is important, because it’s no secret: the behavior of our children is largely a reflection of our own behavior.