Alesia Mason
For some parents, screaming is the new spanking
This article really focused on mothers who blow their tops in anger and just yell. They feel this better than beating their kids and justify themselves by saying that it isn’t all the time. While some women feel that revealing this fact about themselves is like telling a family secret, it’s not uncommon. It’s mainly because of the economic downturn which caused families to cut back, which caused women to have to have more time with the family which in turn makes it harder to have a moment to have freedom and express themselves. Experts are saying that yelling is the worse than spanking because kids will either ignore yelling or will react more aggressively. It’s all around a bad thing because parents are yelling at their kids more and kids are reacting more aggressively towards their parents and their counterparts.
I personally grew up on the philosophy “Get them where they act up at”. I got plenty of spankings when I was younger and I kind of see where just yelling at a kid really doesn’t work out at all. Everyone can kind of see who was spanked and who wasn’t. I feel bad for women who have to have their kids with them all the time and men who have to deal with upset kids and upset wives. It’s just a really horrible situation for everybody but society will be the one that’s the pays the biggest price. One good thing about this is that kids are thinking more about the consequences of their actions because they don’t want to make mommy mad.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22yell.html?pagewanted=1&em
4 comments:
I agree with the experts that yelling is worse than spanking.
Yelling is definitely worse than spanking. I was spanked when I was younger and I will do it to my children if need be. It worked with me, I was only spanked once or twice and after that I listen to my parents from then on out. But I remember I hated it when my mom yelled and I actually sat her down and asked her to stop. If you yell at your kids, they are going to turn around and yell too, if not at their mom at their friends or at other people. I can see where it would make the kid aggressive.
I agree with the others yelling makes matters worse ex specially in a pubic place because then it draws more attention and that's what the child wants. Spanking always worked for me because I knew she was serious then and I wouldn't do it again after I got one. Children get tired of being talked to and a action speaks louder than words really.
I do not agree with this yelling over spanking (even though i hate spanking). But spanking allows the kid s to see that there are consequences and not just words with yelling
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