Poor Parenting Can Be Passed From Generation to Generation: Study

"Beating, yelling and neglect can all be passed from one generation to the next — but parents are often keen to break the cycle of abuse if they can get the right help, researchers said Monday.

They found that the more adverse childhood experiences a person had, the more likely their children were to be troubled, too.

The findings suggest that poor parenting is handed on from one generation to the next, said Anne-Marie Conn, a researcher at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Spanking and beating are two examples, Conn said."