Take the 2-minute tour ×        2. Never appreciating any
success of kid (neglectful).  Does bad parenting breed bad
parenting?  share|improve this question This question is pretty
broad and asks several things a) "Does bad parenting breed bad
parenting?" b) "Are there practices to train better parents-to-
be?" c) "Are there general guidelines for parents?". These are 3
different questions, and not all of them directly related to the
cognitive sciences or psychology. I would suggest asking some of
these questions at parenting.SE where you will probably received
better and more practical answers, especially on questions (b)
and (c). –  Artem Kaznatcheev Mar 27 '12 at 18:08 Further, it is
not clear what is meant by 'bad parenting' and what the OP
expects to be measured in the study they are requesting in
question (a). I strongly encourage the OP to focus on one of the
questions (I suggest (a) as the most fitting one) and try to
define their terms and what they are looking for more clearly.
Until then, I have vot