Often, yelling and punishment seem like effective ways to control our children’s behavior, but they usually have the opposite effect. Research shows that fear-based tactics can damage children’s emotional well-being and impair their learning and development. So why do we resort to these tactics? As parents, we may feel out of control and believe that punishing or yelling at our children is the only way to regain that sense of control. Here are three things to try instead of yelling and punishmen

When I began yelling at my daughter 14 years ago I hadn’t a thought of how it would affect her today. I only wanted her behaviors to stop. When I yelled I immediately felt awful, but I couldn’t stop. Not because I was a terrible person who actively chose to yell but because I was lost and didn’t know what else to do. I didn’t know how to regulate in really hard moments. I came from a home of complete dysregulattion and even though I had been to therapy, and knew I wanted to be calm I couldn’t. I

Tired of yelling at your kids to get their attention? We are too… so we’ve been trying some new strategies that allow us to get our message across while keeping our cool. This is one of our favorites. 😁 ✨Let’s help each other become the parents that we want to be. ➡️ Join our journey in search of the @happy.human.life 🙂 #parenting #kids #parenthood #parentingtips #parents #children #family #dadlife #momlife #parentinglife #parenting101 | Happy Human Life

The Neurodevelopmental Shift and why Moms yell

Harmful behaviors and phrases used by parents can impact a child's mental wellbeing and affect how they view themselves and relationships in the future. Here are 7 hurtful things that parents tell their children, which can cause psychological harm: 1-dismissing a child's emotions by saying, "you're so dramatic, grow up," can make them feel as though their emotions are not valid and not worthy of expression. 2-asking a child, "why are you like this," can make them feel inadequate and lead to self

How to respond when our kids yell at us, are rude, or snarky, are mean, or are unkind to us? Here is how we can not escalate it or make the situation worse. #parentingtips #raisingkindhumans #raisingkindkids #stopyelling #gentleparenting #peacefulparenting #kindnessmatters #respectfulparenting | Coffee and Carpool: Raising Kind Kids