Parents are sometimes cruel to their children.

父母有时会对孩子很残忍。

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The people against whom children are wholly unprotected are those who devote themselves to the very mischievous and cruel sort of abortion which is called bringing up a child in the way it should go.

那些认为孩子完全得不到保护的人们会把自己置身于恶意、残酷的流产，这被称作是把孩子带到一个他们本应该去的地方。

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It is also true that are some truly cruel children (fortunately a very small minority). But it is never entirely clear whether such cruelty is innate or in response to harsh, abusive upbringing.

当然有些孩子确实是残酷的(幸好只是很小的一部分)，但是这样的残酷是与生俱来的还是由于严酷的、虐待的养育造成的永远都没有确切的答案。

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Parents of children age ten to seventeen were asked whether their child bullies or is cruel or mean to others.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

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