If Parents Change to Less Punitive Parenting, Their Children's Levels

question 432

Multiple Choice

If parents change to less punitive parenting, their children's levels of aggression will

• A) decline, at least for younger children.
• B) decline no matter the age of the child or adolescent.
• C) increase since the parents will be unable to suppress the misbehaviors and the aggression with milder punishment.
• D) remain the same since aggressiveness depends more on a child's temperament than the discipline style.

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