Yelling: The Cause, The Casualty, The Cure by Lorrie Felm

Remember when you first found out you were pregnant with your child(ren)? All the things you were going to do differently from your own parents? I remember telling myself that I was not going to yell the way my mother did. There was simply no way I was going to do that to my children. Well guess what? I yell, maybe not as often as she did but I still do it.

In Yelling: The Cause, The Casualty, The Cure Lorrie Felm gives great tips on how to overcome this devastating choice.  Lorrie knows what she is talking about because she is a former yeller as well.  Lorrie is able to sympathize with the reasons that I yell while encouraging me to change.  She doesn’t make me feel like I am a terrible mom because I fell into the pattern of my own childhood. She even gave me some ideas on how to beat my trigger points and pointed out the causes of yelling.  Lorrie also discusses the effects of yelling on children but I will tell you that as a child of yelling I already knew those. It was simply a hard habit to break.

Lorrie’s child training cause was the one cause that seemed to be me all the way. I either want my children to behave properly so I come down on every single thing they do or say OR I try to be the fun mom and let them get away with murder. After reading all of the book I decided I would sit them down and make sure they understand the basics rules we have and then stick with being serious about those and not worry so much about all the other small stuff. Lorrie’s tips have allowed me to notice the change in myself and I now take a moment and calm down before I start the yelling.

My children are happier and I  am happier.

Thank you to Eternal Encouragement for providing a copy of this e-book. This is a trial post , I am in the running for being a Gabby Mom blogger for them. Keep your fingers crossed!!!!

 

I received a complimentary copy of Yelling, The Cause, The Casualty, The Cure as part of The Gabby Moms program in exchange for my honest review.