GmatKiss wrote:Popular child psychologists have advocated that parents discipline male children similarly to the fashion in which they discipline daughters.

a) similarly to the fashion in which they discipline
b) in the same manner that they would use with
c) like they would handle
d) as they discipline
e) as they would

OA after some time

GmatKiss wrote:OA is E

lunarpower wrote:i received a private message regarding this thread.

this isn't a good question; both (d) and (e) are justifiable answers.
if the sentence is talking about parents who actually have daughters -- i.e., parents should discipline boys in the same way in which they actually discipline girls -- then (d) works.
if the sentence is presenting a hypothetical situation, in which the parents may not actually have daughters, then (e) works.

(e) is somewhat better than (d), because the context involves general advice given by popular psychologists; truly general advice should not only apply to parents who happen to have daughters.
on the other hand, (d) is certainly not wrong enough to be an incorrect answer on an official problem.

ignore; distrust the source; move on.