I’ll admit it: I yell at my kids. I don’t like to and don’t mean to, but holy hell it’s hard not to lose it when they’re fighting, whining and screaming at me.
Yes, they yell, too. I don’t like that either. I’ll tell them something three or four times, and when they don’t listen, that’s when I raise my voice.
But I don’t mean to pin my problem on them. I don’t think I should be yelling as much, and as loud, as I do. “Research shows that yelling and harsh verbal discipline can have similar negative effects as corporal punishment,” according to MedicineNet.
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