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Parents, who frequently exercise harsh discipline with young children, are putting them at significantly greater risk of developing lasting mental health problems.
Parents, who frequently exercise harsh discipline with young children, are putting them at significantly greater risk of mental health problems.
In a study of over 7,500 Irish children, researchers at the University of Cambridge and University College Dublin found that children exposed to ‘hostile’
Parents who harshly discipline their young children may be putting them on a path toward lasting mental health symptoms, a new study suggests.
Children who were exposed to hostile parenting at age 3 were 1 1/2 times more likely to have high-risk mental health symptoms, the study found.