Newsletter Signup |
 Enter your email address to receive our FREE weekly parenting newsletter
|
| View Email Archive |
|
Parenting Articles about Yelling & Swearing
Are you tired of yelling—and hearing your kids yell—all the time? Does your child use foul language with you and others? Teach your kids how to speak in a civil tone and learn how to parent without yelling. Articles and advice that really works from our experts.
|
|
1 |
|
|
Have you found yourself asking the question, “Why is my child always so angry at me?” Do you feel like your adolescent surrounds himself with a force field of anger and hostility? In part one of this frank Q&A, James Lehman explains the difference between hostility and anger—and tells you where these emotionsoften come from. |
Read more »
|
|
|
|
If yelling worked, parenting would be easy, wouldn’t it? We’d simply shout, “Do it!” and our kids would comply. But here’s the truth: it doesn’t work. I’ve told parents, “Look, if screaming at our kids was effective, I’d be out of business. You’d just be able to yell at your child and he’d change. Or you’d bring your child to my office, I’d shout at him and call him names for 45 minutes, and then he’d go home and be nice for a week.” |
Read more »
|
|
|
|
Don’t pick up that bar of soap yet! James Lehman, MSW has great advice for parents on what to do when their child has a foul mouth, from generalized cursing to verbal abuse.
If your child curses at you, what you need to understand is that they’re trying to hurt you, throw you off balance, or suck you into you into a fight. I believe that families should have clear rules about cursing. There shouldn’t be any discussion about it when it happens. And in my mind, there’s a difference between kids cursing in general or cursing at you or another family member, and calling you rude names. But either way, families need to establish rules around it. |
Read more »
|
|
|
|
Dear EP Readers,
This is the last week that we’ll be featuring winning entries from our recent EP Contest in our blog. We appreciate all the parents who wrote in with suggestions for “Parenting Mistakes I’ve Made—and How I’m Going to Fix Them!”
To all of our winners, thank you once again for the encouragement and inspiration you offer—you have truly empowered other parents out there with your words!
--Elisabeth Wilkins, EP Editor
|
Read more »
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'll admit it -- I yell at my son more than I'd like. Take yesterday, for example. We were on our way out the door (it always seems to happen when we're in a hurry) trying to make it to Alex's first Parent-Teacher conference of the year. Getting out of the house is challenging for us, but it all started out well, with me laying down the ground rules: OK, I need your cooperation so we're not late today. This swiftly devolved into shouting at the top of my lungs, Come on! I said we needed to hurry. I'm starting to get angry now! In fact, I went from the Calm Mother voice to the Crazed Mother voice in, oh, about 30 seconds.
|
Read more »
|
|
|
|
I hate screaming at my kids, but they make me so crazy, and I just lose it! -- If this sounds like you, trust me, you're not alone. I can't tell you how many times I've heard parents say this on the Parental Support Line. As James Lehman says, kids watch us for a living -- which means they become really, really good at pushing our buttons. By the teen years, your child is probably an expert!
|
Read more »
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
