Culture and Conduct: Harsh Parenting, Sibling Risk

Psychology Today | 24.11.2025 20:37
It​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ is said that families living in disadvantaged neighborhoods face a “triple threat”: harsh parenting, negative sibling influences, and unsafe community conditions. Individually, each factor can severely affect a child’s development, but when they coexist, these factors create a cycle of stress that significantly increases the risk of conduct problems.