There are many ways to influence your child’s behavior, but yelling is not effective. The message that it transmits to our kids is often, “I’m at a loss. I don’t know what to do to get you to act the way I want you to act. I feel out of control.” Of course, the mess...
When I noticed I was yelling at my own children, the same children I’m madly in love with, I knew I had to change. I wasresolute on being a different Momfor my children, better than the one I had grown up with. In my nightly google searches for techniques to stop yelling, I cam...
It’s always okay to walk away when the tension mounts, and before voices escalate and tempers flare. Your mom may choose to do the same if you do, and Janet Lehman, MSW, in her “Tired of Yelling at Your Child? Stop Screaming and Start Parenting Effectively” article for Empowering Par...
When they stop, acting continues. If they start up again, acting stops. They get the message pretty soon. Reply Jude says: April 3, 2016 Ah! This showed up on my email just when my husband said we have to stop yelling at our kids. From now on, no more yelling. Other read him...
We all have moments when we feel like exploding in anger — even to the point of yelling at our kids. A new book by a clinical social worker helps parents learn how to keep cool.
I want my parents to stop yelling at me for everything, I want them to let me have friends, stay with my girlfriend instead of me having to keep her from them, and I really need to be able to leave by myself instead of being trapped in my room 24/7 because im afraid to go ...
Likewise, if it is to the point where a game is frustrating him, it’s time to stop playing. I do not want to lead my kids into temptation. I don’t want to put them in a situation that they cannot emotionally handle. That is my job as a Christian mom. So, if he can’t hand...
In my opinion, one of the major reasons is that it’s hard for kids to focus at home. Look at it this way: when your child is in school, they’re in a classroom where there aren’t a lot of distractions. The learning is structured and organized, and all the students are focusing...
4. Directly teach your child respectful self-assertion. Kids need to know they can get their needs met while being respectful of other people. Give him words to stick up for himself early on: "It's my turn now." "Hey, stop that." "Hands off my body." "It's not okay to hurt."...
Do not look at your adult child as completing you, giving you a fulfilled life, or meeting your needs. When you set those aside, you begin to understand love. What to Do Now? If you are a hurting mama, laid low in the dust by the estrangement of an adult child, what should you ...