id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt news-004069 Battling parents leave scars on kids | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame .html text/html 673 32 65 A group of studies that looked at children at different ages and over time found that both kinds of parental conflict, outright hostility or giving each other the cold shoulder, caused anxiety and acting-out behavior in their children and threatened their emotional security. Children love their parents, and they want them to get along,” he said. cache/news-004069.html txt/news-004069.txt