I want to stop yelling at the kids

It’s been one of those weeks….and when we have one of those week’s the inevitable almost always happens. Yelling at the kids becomes something that, though I am trying not to do, it sneaks in during those stressful moment.

We all have them – I felt particularly hassled about work, the social media course I am doing, and the fact that it was the Easter holidays and work doesn’t seem to understand this at all. Blogging never stops…something that I am only just beginning to learn, three years in.

BUT this did give me the opportunity to actually stop and think about a few things:

1. Why should we try to avoid yelling at kids?
2. What can we actually do to stop yelling quite so much, or indeed try and cut it out altogether. Though, we have to be realistic too, and not beat ourselves up if we do shout. We are, after all, only human
3. What to do if we do yell or shout at the children, and finally,
4. Some alternative shouting!

I know most people don’t wake up in the morning with the idea that they are going to shout at their children; some how, for whatever reason, the day may not go as well as we have imagined, and then somehow, somewhere, we let that perfect parenting veil slip, and we are away. Yelling at the kids in a way that we loathe, and then afterwards, we loathe ourselves for doing it too.

I strongly believe that our kids mirror us – so if we yell, hey, so do they. I have therefore tried my best NOT to be a shouty parent, but tiredness, circumstances, and an unwillingness for kids to put on shoes when you ask them to, has caused me to waiver in my resolve on too many occasions.

I have learnt to lean on my friends, and stop worrying that I am the only parent that has yelled that morning before school, or after Athletics club. Yelling at kids does help long term, and we all know that. We are all striving to be better parents by doing it less, and even stopping altogether.

Here are some thoughts, in infographic form, from KiddyCharts answering some of the questions above; from tips to try to reduce your yelling at kids, to what you should do if you do.

And do forgive yourself for the occasionally relapse, sometimes life just happens.

We have some more awesome parenting tips and tricks, here are just a few you might like:

• Five steps to a positive bedtime routine for kids,
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• How to talk to kids about money so they listen,
• How mindfulness can make you a better parent, and
• Why its okay to be a bad parent sometimes.

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Helen

Helen is a mum to two, social media consultant, and website editor; and this site is (we think) the only Social Enterprise parenting magazine!Since giving up being a business analyst when juggling travel, work and kids proved too complicated, she founded KiddyCharts so she could be with her kids, and use those grey cells at the same time.KiddyCharts has reach of over 1.1million across social and the site. The blog works with big family brands (including travel) to help promote their services, as well as offering free resources to parents of kids under 10.It gives 51%+ profits to Reverence for Life, who fund a number of important initiatives in Africa, including bringing running water and basic equipment to a school in Tanzania.Helen has worked as a digital marketing consultant (IDM qualified) with various organisations, including Channel Mum, Truprint, Talk to Mums, and Micro Scooters. She loves to be creative in the brand campaigns she works on.Get in touch TODAY!

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