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| Have you tried walking right up to a kid, right up to his face, and asking him to do what you want him to do? I find that works really well.
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| My Dad never yelled at us kids even though we were very normal kids. We all wanted to please him. I think it was because he was very warm and generous with us. He joked around a lot, played ball with us, took us out and bought us treats. He was very soft spoken. I am the same way with my two boys and I find they're pretty well behaved (although they're still young, so time will tell).
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| My Mom was a screamer and none of us are close to her today. I know she regrets it - she's always trying to get us to visit her, call her, wahtever. But kids never forget that sort of thing. So my advice to you is think ahead. Stop screaming before it's too late.
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| I tried this advice from Sarah Chana Radcliffe's book: every time you yell, punish YOURSELF! I made myself write out 2 pages of lines every time I raised my voice and after just 3 of my punishments, I stopped yelling completely. That was 3 months ago and I'm still good. If I go back to my old ways, I'm going to use that strategy again. I know it works.
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