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Inside: Do you ever feel like you're a parent who yells too much? Try this simple (but important) step after yelling at your kids to get the cooperation you truly want. I opened the front door of the tiny 400 square foot cabin, where we are temporarily living, walked to the back, sat at the picnic table and pulled my knees to my [...]
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Raising KidsThe Real Reason Why Parents Yell at Their Kids
Inside: The number one reason why parents yell. Plus, the 2-minute strategy that can help you stop yelling and squash the angry mom inside you. My kids could not stop giggling. I honestly didn't understand it, but they were making "monster faces" and this was, apparently, the funniest thing they ever did see. The kids hopped out [...]
Do You Ever Feel Angry, Mama?
Inside this post: One simple strategy to help you cope with parenting anger and stop yelling. If you've ever felt like an angry mom, this will help turn any bad day around. I put my heart into my kids that day, taking them to the indoor playground, visiting a special burger joint for lunch and spending several hours [...]
The Angry Mom Days No One Really Talks About
Saying that I was an angry mom is an understatement. We were leaving. We were at the park for only 20 minutes, but we were leaving. Because his behavior was out of control, and we weren’t going to continue down that path anymore. With my daughter in one arm and my son in the other, we marched straight back to the car. Putting my son [...]
3 Words to the Angry Mom in the Post Office
I see you there in the post office getting your packages. You place two giant packages on a cart and a smaller one on top of them. I see your kids running around in circles screaming like a herd of wild horses in an endless forest acting like jealous siblings do fighting over which spot they are standing in. I see you tell them to stop [...]
