Tuesday, April 12, 2011
No yelling
I yell. I'm a yeller. I know all the professional parents (i.e. doctors, psychologists, those with no kids) say you're not supposed to yell, but when you have even one strong-willed child, you're going to yell at some point. Only problem is when God gets involved. The professional of the professional knocked on my heart yesterday, whispering (of course), "Don't yell." Ugh! I hated hearing those words, so I ignored them. You know Him, He doesn't give up, so He whispered again today, "Don't yell." Fine. I'm going to try to not yell. My question is this: what do you do when you get really irate/frustrated and need to vent or make sure your words are clearly understood to your children? Hitting an object is not appropriate, yelling is now prohibited, and counting doesn't work. Anyone have any ideas? What do you do? I couldn't find one verse that seemed to fit, so just read Proverbs and anything about the tongue, words, or mouth will fit in just fine. (o:
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Hard to believe as it may be, whispering to my kids seems to be VERY effective! It's different from the norm (I'm a yeller,too), so they stop and pay attention. Why is Mom whispering? Also, it calms me, it calms them, it brings the noise level of the situation down, which helps tremendously. Also, to make sure they hear me, I have to get down on their level and close to them, get them to look at me, maybe even gently put my hand on their shoulder or an arm around them, which lends to a positive interaction instead of a negative one.
ReplyDeleteDo I always do this? No, but God is dealing with me on the yelling as well. My mom was(is) a yeller, and I have to learn something different. God is good at that, and he SO often uses my kids to grow me :o)
Dawn