This book provides anintroduction to the role of children's temperament (i.e. the individual'scharacteristics), parents, teachers, and peers in influencing the behaviour oraction of children in particular in the classroom. The author hopes that thisresearch will help adults, specifically classroom teachers, responsible for thedevelopment of children between the ages of 3 and 8 years, to make sense ofchildren's disruptive behaviours, otherwise referred to as problem behaviours.Sometimes, students' sense of indignation and outrage may be a reaction totheir environment; most times, they react to the negative environment they aresituated in at home, on the playfield, or in the classroom. For some students, it is the lack of understanding of how to control the negative reactions oftheir temperament that causes a consistent display of disruptive behaviours.Many of these children with problem behaviours have few friends or are fromhomes pierced with the knife of poverty. Students' behaviour at school maymirror their relationship with parents and other family members at home; it maybe a cry for help. I hope that the information in this publication will bringunderstanding and care for children by adults. Our role as adults is to helpchildren manage the negative reaction of their temperament, not to treat themwith disdain nor as evildoers; they are our adults for tomorrow.