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Negative Parenting: A Guide for Parents
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30021
Subject(s) - patience , anguish , psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , epistemology , philosophy
Negative parenting — such a high‐flown phrase, linked in almost every study to poor outcomes for children — does not convey the anguish felt by many parents of children with various behavioral problems. When the child is sleeping peacefully, the parents plan on how they will respond only positively and with patience no matter what the next day — or hour if it's a nap — brings. But whether it's a developmentally appropriate temper tantrum in the supermarket by a 2‐year‐old or ongoing serious pathology such as oppositional defiant disorder, most parents “lose it” at some time or other when their child misbehaves. It's normal.