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I Decided to Stop Yelling for 100 Days & Here’s What Happened — Part 3: How Did We Get Here?

This is the third post in a series about why and how I gave up yelling at my kids — for good. Read Part 1: The Meltdown and Part 2: The Plan. Here’s what’s really wild about this whole yelling thing: I’m actually a really good mom. By all accounts, I’m a great mom. Even when I was yelling, my kids would… Read more »

I Decided to Stop Yelling for 100 Days & Here’s What Happened — Part 2: The Plan

This is the second post in a series about why and how I gave up yelling at my kids — for good. Read Part 1: The Meltdown.   I knew that if I was going to make good on my promise to my child — which I had clarified as “Never yell at you again because no one should ever talk… Read more »

I Decided to Stop Yelling for 100 Days & Here’s What Happened — Part 1: The Meltdown

On July 9, 2017, I lost. my. shit. on one of my 5-year-olds. It wasn’t just a momentary lapse. It was a solid hour of us screaming at each other. A grown adult, having an hour-long screaming match with a 5-year-old. And I was going to win. As I watched him lose the will to fight back, I had a… Read more »