“MUM, WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

If you are chronic yeller like me, you probably think, shouting is the only way to get your kids to listen 👂 

However, it’s only working because your kids are afraid of you and you’ve conditioned them to only hear you when you shout 😁. 

If you have a teenager like me, I’m sure your shouting doesn’t work with them anymore.

My son always walks around the house with his headphones on, even when he is not listening to music 😁. 

I think he does this to block out all the noise and avoid talking to me..

I used to think the only way to get my son to do what I asked him to do was to shout at him, until one day he said to me, “mum you don’t need to shout, I’m right here and I heard you the first time”

To say I was shocked was an understatement, thank God, I have started reading about Positive Parenting then, I don’t know what I would have done 😁 (my ego was bruised 😁)

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Anyway the point I’m trying to make here is that, as parents we need to understand that parenting is about modelling, children copy what we do.

If we don’t want them to start throwing tantrums and shouting at people because they think that’s the only way to get their point across, we need to stop shouting at them.

They are watching you, be intentional. 

You can do this, if I can change, so can you. 

Ask Tolu, I rarely shout at him😁

But I still find myself shouting when I’m having a conversation over the phone though 😊

(still working on that) May  God help me 😁

Can you relate? 👇

Have an amazing weekend beautiful people 🥰🥰❤️🤩

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#beintentiinal 

Photo: Tolu and I (my last baby 😁) ❤️❤️❤️❤️