Research indicates that most abusive parents report that they themselves were:
A) prevented from interacting with childhood peers.
B) battered or neglected as children.
C) ignored by their fathers during the critical period.
D) raised in a permissive and overindulgent environment.
E) raised by authoritative parents.

B) battered or neglected as children.

Explanation:The Abusive parent report that they are neglected as a child and battered as a child.

Battered child syndrome (BCS) refers to non-accidental injuries sustained by a child as a result of physical abuse, usually inflicted by an adult caregiver.

Child neglect is defined as any confirmed or suspected egregious act or omission by a parent or other caregiver that deprives a child of basic age-appropriate needs and thereby results, or has reasonable potential to result, in physical or psychological harm.

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