1.任性的;不易管教的;难以捉摸的 If you describe a person or their behaviour as wayward, you mean that they behave in a selfish, bad, or unpredictable way, and are difficult to control.
waywardness ...the curiosity, caprice and waywardness of children. 孩子的好奇、善变和任性
英英释义
1.resistant to guidance or discipline
e.g. Mary Mary quite contrary an obstinate child with a violent temper a perverse mood wayward behavior