What are Behavioral Problems of Child ? Almost everybody has had a fleeting moment of doing something really stupid or inappropriate. Kids and adolescents can sometimes interrupt their teachers, refuse to obey parents and other authority figures, or get aggressive with siblings or classmates. And adults can occasionally bring everybody down with negative talk, do something manipulative, or explode with anger. That’s normal. But when this type of conduct becomes a long-lasting pattern with negative impacts at work, at home, or at school, that’s when it’s considered a behavioral problem.