Here are links to 9 articles, from PsychCentral's archives, that hopefully may be of some help in gaining perspective with regard to the situation you describe:

The Reason Children Misbehave

Understanding and Managing Children's Misbehavior

What To Do About Attention-Seeking Kids

https://psychcentral.com/lib/changin...-part-i/?all=1

https://psychcentral.com/lib/changin...part-ii/?all=1

https://psychcentral.com/lib/changin...art-iii/?all=1

https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-5-c...dium=popular17

https://psychcentral.com/lib/kids-an...-tough-issues/

https://psychcentral.com/lib/helping...dium=popular17