Five Ways To Finally Overcome Yelling What can you do in the moment to stop losing it? Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on pinterest As parents, we all want what’s best for our children, but sometimes, and despite our best intentions, we find ourselves getting frustrated and raising our voices.
When his Dad came home from work he gently said, “If you are going to shout could you tell me first and I’ll go and get the box and you can shout into that instead.” I thought his was wonderful! He was confident and thinking well enough to do something to try and help his Dad to stop shouting.
I really blew it. I said, “What are you DOING?! You wrecked it! I can’t believe you did that!” I was yelling on and on. (It’s so awful when you make such a big obvious mistake.) Anyhow, my son put his head in the sofa pillow and cried. So I went over to him. He kept turning away from me. I apologized. I said I’d made a mistake.