How Do You Stop Screaming At Kids?
Parents do scream at kids. Recently, I watched as a young mother screamed at her five-year-old son in the grocery store parking lot. Her frantic voice and threats caught my attention. Since she wasn’t hitting the little boy, I didn’t intervene, but I could tell by the look on his face that he was confused by her commotion. When parents are at the end of their rope, they may resort to yelling and threatening- but since screaming at kids feels bad for everyone-here are ways to end the practice. Recognize frustrations. They are a plethora of reasons why moms and dads lose it: overloaded, overwhelmed, lack of skills, don’t know better, it’s what their own parents did, out of patience, want the kid’s attention, the list goes on. All parents get frustrated. It’s normal, but the problem expands when parents don’t recognize when they’ve reached the end of their rope. They scream and feel bad. They beat themselves up or justify and nothing changes. Instead, recognize that you will get frustrate
