e than lower SES parents. The lower SES parents usually use physical punishment more. A possible explanation of these issues might be due to differences in education levels. Thehigher SES parents usually have a greater degree of education. the lower SES families spend more time trying to earn enough money to support their families leaving them less time to deal with stresses at home. In cases of poverty, parenting becomes more difficult. The stresses of life tend to break down the family system. Impoverished parents tend to spend less time concerned with their children. Societally based experiences may lead some parents to rely on accessible and coherent goals in their discipline, whereas others are more reactive. Ethnicity may have an effect upon parenting styles chosen which may be due to cultural values. According to Baumrind (1993) the effects of physical discipline on child behavior problems at school have been found to be stronger for European American than for African American children. This may be due to the fact that most African -American mothers expect immediate obedience. The methods they choose may help the children in the long run due to difficult living conditions faced by the children. Behavioral Family Intervention Since many of the children with conduct problems have parents with personal problems it is important for help to be available to both the parent and child. If there is a connection between parenting practices and the possibility of behavior problems then the best way to help is through use of parenting programs as intervention. Through these programs parents are taught to increase positive interactions with their children. They are taught to reduce their own negative reactions to the children as well. An example of a family intervention program is the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program by Sanders (2000). There has been great success of behavioral family interventions whic...
