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Negative Parenting Yields Child Aggression
November 18, 2011
If an elephant can be angry, so can the wood ant.
-African Proverb
-African Proverb
“Before the study, we thought it was likely the combination of difficult infant temperament and negative parenting that put parent-child pairs most at risk for conflict in the toddler period, and then put the children at risk for conduct problems at school age,” according to lead author Michael F. Lorber, Ph.D., now a research scientist at New York University. “However, our findings suggest that it was negative parenting in early infancy that mattered most.
The researchers found that it was escalating or progressive conflict between moms and their toddlers that predicted later conduct problems — that is, conflict that worsened over time. And in a cyclical pattern, when moms parented their infants negatively, that resulted in their children showing high levels of anger as toddlers, which in turn caused more hostility from the moms. Additionally, moms who parented their infants negatively also may have had angrier kids because these moms were more hostile toward their toddlers.
Negative parenting in infancy appeared to set the stage for both moms and their kids to be more hostile and angry during the toddler years, bringing out the worst in one another.
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Displaying All 5 CommentsEducational Opportunities for Children and Families
Vancouver, WA, United States
I work for an Early Head Start/Head Start grantee in Southwest Washington and 2 years ago our Parent Policy Council suggested that we begin using the book "How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children" by Dr. Gerald Newmark as a positive parenting education tool with the 2,000 families we serve each year.
The feedback we've received from families and staff over the past 2 years has been phenomenal. The book focuses on the five critical needs of all children (and parents, too...) to feel respected, accepted, important, included and secure. An unexpected benefit of implementing the book has been not only an increase in positive parenting among the families we serve but also the development of a healthier workplace environment, as staff strive to model the five critical needs with families and also with co-workers. Visit www.emotionallyhealthychildren.org for more information.
The Institute for Education and Professional Development
Milford, MA, United States
Although this study is interesting, I can't help but notice the similarity to long-ago claims that autism was caused by bad mothering. Also, is it possible that the author's "suspicions" coming into the study could have affected the research results?
United States
This is an excellent addition to the body of knowledge. Previous research has shown that the mother/child relationship is the primary indicator of character development in young children. This research project also built upon previous studies that defined negative behaviors: Maternal hostility and boundary dissolution. Research also has told us that the more burdened the mother is, the less able she is to provide concentrated and tender guidance to her young child. BTW – there’s plenty of research out there about fathers and their young children; that just wasn’t the focus of this study.
NJ, United States
Sigh, such a short seemingly definitive clippet of information. Does negative parenting effect child development? I'm sure. In our work with early childhood professionals, we work so hard to promote a relationship of mutual respect and understanding. "Blame the mom" philosophies do little to promote such relationships. (Although apparently the dad's go free in this clippet.) There are a multitude of methods to presenting informaiton. The information is important. Perhaps illuminating how positive parenting helps children to develop emotional competence and leads to higher academic success, would shed light on the same topic without creating a chasm between parent and provider. It feels like: "Her negative parenting is what caused this problem in my classroom." We have learned too much and come too far to go back there.
United States
Two questions:
- how did this research define 'negative parenting'?
- what about parenting from dads? was that measured, considered, etc.?
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