High levels of stress sparked by economic insecurity contribute to

A) high-SES parents' teaching of independent decision-making skills to their children.
B) low-SES parents' greater use of coercive discipline.
C) middle-SES parents' preference for an uninvolved child-rearing style.
D) low-SES parents' use of a permissive child-rearing style.


B

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