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“The average duration of quarrels, 23 seconds, is surprisingly short.”
“The children settle the majority of the quarrels themselves, most frequently by one child’s forcing another to yield.”
“Crying, forbidding and commanding are the most common forms of vocal activity, although silence is a more frequent reaction than any single activity.”
“Pushing, striking and pulling are the most common motor activity.”
“The great majority of the children recover after a quarrel very quickly and show no evidence of resentment.”
Helen C. Dawe, An Analysis of Two Hundred Quarrels of Preschool Children
Journal of Child Development, June 1934