WHY SHOUTING MAKES TEENAGERS WORSE: DISCIPLINE BY PARENTS COULD PUSH CHILDREN INTO DEPRESSION AND TROUBLED BEHAVIOR Middle-class parents who shout at their teenage children are increasing their risk of depression and troubled behavior. Even if parents enjoy a close relationship with their son and daughter, harsh verbal discipline was found to have a dramatic impact on their teens’ emotional development, a study found. This form of discipline can vary from yelling and shouting at a child, to swearing and using words to humiliate them. Scientists looked at 976 two-parent families in the US, the majority of which were middle-class. They found that many shifted from physical to verbal discipline as their children entered adolescence. They also discovered that more severe forms of harsh verbal discipline were commonplace, and directed at teens in nearly half of households. The researchers found if parents use such punishment when their child is 13, the teen is more likely to have behavioral or emotional problems later on. These youngsters tended to suffer more depressive symptoms between ages 13 and 14 than children who were not disciplined in this manner, while they were also more likely to have conduct problems such as misbehaving at school, lying, stealing, or fighting. #947KUMU
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:10:19 +0000
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