Instead, the PCC can only
describe observations of each
parents» interactions with the children, such as: «Dad started to raise his voice and get
angry at the son, but then calmed himself and gave him some encouraging words.»
In addition, the increase in resistant and
angry behaviour in children of this age, often
described as «the terrible twos», has been associated with
parenting difficulties (Belsky et al., 1996; Carter et al., 2004).