A child whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.
a home for problem children
Example sentencesExamples
He agreed he had been something of a problem child and had difficulties reading and writing.
A bit of a problem child, I was shipped off to Missouri Military Academy in the middle of my sophomore year of high school.
Yes I know, the synthesiser has always been a problem child.
But analysts believe Lloyds will be coming under shareholder pressure to sort out the difficulties with its problem child.
It is not uncommon of mothers to try and protect their children, however much of a problem child they are.
In a social program where, say, the presenting complaint is the behavior of a problem child and the parents are the clients, the reinforcing events are the child's changed behaviors at home.
Its gas turbines business, once considered the problem child, is also believed to have continued its turnaround.
The school says it does not have sufficient grounds to permanently exclude the problem child and has only been able to issue a ‘stern warning’ against him.
It is fast becoming the problem child of the UK telecoms market.
Before I came into the program, you might have called me a problem child, but most likely you would call me a terror of the house.
Just because a child is a problem child in school doesn't mean he'll be a misfit when he grows up.
I was always a problem child, always the class clown, always seeking attention from others.
When I was at school I was classed as a problem child.
Add to this the well known tendency to pay more attention to a problem child, precisely because he is a problem child, and you can easily understand why children who do not cause problems often bitterly resent the ones who do.
Nelson, who stubbornly resisted conforming, was a problem child.
The report on the girl said she was a problem child, and had ran away from home three times.
If you went to private school before, say, 1980, it was probably because you were something of a problem child, or a kid with special needs.
These should pave the way for the exit of its problem child just as the European economy gains momentum.
A children's mental health charity has criticised a headmaster's decision to place a problem child in classes with pupils half his age.
Already, at grade one, he had been identified by the teachers as a problem child because of his atypical behaviors.