As parents, there are certain things we do that lend to our kids acting out and demonstrating bad behaviour. A child psychologist has explained that there are five patterns that regularly show up for parents and why doing and saying these things can cause problems. Dr. Jasmine, who posts as The Mom Psychologist, says that as mums, dads and caregivers, we are sometimes guilty of triggering the bad behaviour that we’re trying to avoid in our children.