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Sounds like common sense, but the results of this study are interesting.
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The study, of nearly 5,000 young U.S. children, found that when the economic recession hit in 2007, many mothers reported increases in "harsh parenting" -- such as yelling at, threatening, slapping or spanking their child. There were, however, some nuances, researchers report in the Aug. 5 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The pattern was seen only in mothers with a particular gene variant related to the brain chemical dopamine.
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