Child-Rearing Attitudes Are Cognitions That Predispose an Individual to Act Either Positively Or
Negatively Toward a Child. Attitudes Most Frequently Considered Involve the Degree of Warmth And
Acceptance or Coldness and Rejection That Exists In the Parent-Child Relationship, a Powerful Impact On
Behavior, Even If Parents Are Distressed By or Unaware of That Impact. Researchers Interested In
Children‘S Development Have Explored Parenting Attitudes, Cognitions, and the Resulting Emotions (Such
As Anger or Happiness), Because of Their Influence on Parenting Behavior and on the Subsequent Impact
Of That Parenting Behavior on Children‘S Socioemotional and Cognitive Development.