Discipline across generations

The objective of this qualitative research was to understand how parents de cide which discipline practices they will repeat from their childhoods. Par ticipants chose not to repeat punishment practices when a strong, negative effect was remembered. However, some parents repeated physical punishment p ractices even when a strong, negative effect was remembered if they believe d the practices were effective or culturally valued, if they were under str ess, or if the parents lacked alternative strategies. Copyright (C) 2000 by W.B. Saunders Company.