If a child comes home from school with nothing but C's on a report card, parental reaction may be outrage and anger.

The other was negative parental reaction to cartoons that contained what was perceived as excessive violence for children's television.

Some propose that parental reaction may affect the development of chronic stutter.

As the school psychologist told Darshini, a parental reaction like this is very common.

Other theories regard stuttering as a learned behavior resulting from disadvantageous external, usually parental, reactions to normal childhood dysfluencies (Johnson 1955).

Some feel that it is crucial in their understanding of how the parents react now, while others will concentrate only on the 'here and now', observe parental reactions, and intervene directly at that level.

Another study published several years ago in Pediatrics suggested that parental reactions to minor head injuries can cause more problems than the injuries themselves.

In 1970, Dr. McIntire began studying the importance of parental reactions to children learning social and family skills.