Since I have made the commitment to stop yelling, something interesting has happened. I have become much more mindful of how I speak to the kids. And consequently, I experienced another revelation… There are two words I overuse with the kids: No and later. Those two words pretty much automatically fly out of my mouth before the [...]
I’ve said a lot of things I never dreamed I would say since becoming a parent. You know, like We do not smell each other’s butts. and Why is there a tampon in the Christmas tree? and Is that poop on the refrigerator? But yesterday I said something that I never in a million years imagined [...]
My friend’s daughter taped this note to her bedroom door today. She is seven. Going on seventeen, apparently. You know, this not yelling thing would be much easier if all of my kids would make these signs and put them on their doors. Either that, or, wait… I’ve got a better idea. I’ll make [...]
So two days ago I decided to stop yelling at my kids. Then yesterday I spent some time thinking about what it was that was really causing me to yell. Now I promise this won’t turn into a stop yelling at your kids blog. But I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the past two days, and [...]
