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Parenting without yelling.
HOW TO GET YOUR KIDS TO LISTEN AND BEHAVE
This is a topic I feel very passionate about. I grew up in a family where one of my parents was yelling all the time and was quite abusive towards me and the rest of my family. I am not an expert by any means, but I do feel that yelling only leads to losing all respect and communication lines, and it has no place in a family. I’m not saying I’m a perfect parent, I have yelled at my little one when I got to the end of my rope. And I’m not proud of it. I am a mum of one little girl for now. But I try to keep mindful of it, and here are a few things I do to not yell at my little one.
There are lots of reasons why we might end up yelling at our kinds, the most common one is that when we were kids, we were yelled at. And possibly our subconscious is set up in a way that makes us believe that that is the way you speak with kids. And that can’t be more wrong.
#1 Work at a stern/serious/calm tone.
Instead of yelling try and find a stern / serious /calm tone in which you communicate when you are unhappy and want to transmit this information to your kids. This way they don’t learn the same thing, and they don’t end up thinking it can be acceptable to yell at people. It can be hard, but as long as you stay calm and practice it a bit. It…
