Warm parents tend to refrain from physical discipline and show approval through affection. Restrictive parents set and enforce firm rules for the household.

Researchers identified this effect in all children, but it was stronger for boys and first-born children. Laczniak said, "This was not entirely surprising considering parents tend to be more anxious with their first child."
For the study, the researchers specifically surveyed eight to 12-year-old children, because this is an impressionable time in their lives and an age when many children start playing video games. The team surveyed 237 sets of caregivers and children, and found that children of anxious-emotional parents played more video games.
The researchers explained, "Warm parents tend to refrain from physical discipline and show approval through affection. Restrictive parents set and enforce firm rules for the household. Anxious-emotional parents are often overprotective and show elevated emotions when interacting with their children. If parents want to reduce the amount of violent video games that their kids play, be warm when dealing with them, but somewhat restrictive at the same time, and set rules and those rules will work."
The study was published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs.
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