When primary caretakers have a negative attitude towards their child, it increases the risk that they’re child will grow up hostile towards others. Aggression towards others can be caused by child abuse. In fact, large amountss of children that are abused, also harm themselves. The reason for these negative behavior is because the children don’t learn appropriate techniques for handling life’s disappointments. Without coping skills, your much to likely to act “inappropriately” then if you have developed more reasonable approaches. Dr. Geoffrey Dahmer in “The Bully Papers,” states that “everyone gets the child they deserve.”