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"Problem children" refers to children who may exhibit troublesome or disruptive behavior, often causing difficulties for their parents, caregivers, or teachers. Example: The school's resources were stretched thin as they struggled to handle the influx of problem children who required extra attention and disciplinary measures.
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problem children
noun
Plural of problem child
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I like the problem children.
We rarely get problem children.
Problem children and young phenoms sell.
The problem? Children squabbling madly away in the car.
They put him right in with the problem children.
We were made to feel like intemperate problem children.
He has discovered that most problem children have high emotional states.
Siemens' power generation and medical divisions, now success stories, were once problem children.
Wertham was a psychiatrist who worked with problem children and delinquents.
If rich Europe is dyspeptic, what about Greece and Spain, the southern "problem children"?
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Although promising interventions exist for young conduct-problem children, it is recommended that treatment effectiveness for preschoolers be evaluated more rigorously.
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