Whenever I see headlines or memes telling us to stop yelling at our children, I want to yell right back. The same day the Washington Post article came out telling us how and why to stop yelling at our ...
Dear Meghan: My fifth grader gets yelled at by other kids when he makes mistakes in sports played at recess (e.g. missing a soccer goal or fumbling a football). How should he respond? He is not ...
Yelling at children can trigger their fight-or-flight response, making them less receptive to learning and increasing feelings of anxiety and disconnection. Consistent yelling damages the parent-child ...
No matter how positive, gentle, or respectful parents try to be, sometimes emotions can get the best of them. Especially when kids push the buttons they didn’t even know they had. And before they ...