Well, I just found this link to be VERY helpful. I frequently struggle with yelling or wanting to yell and this is a blog written by a mom who decided to stop yelling for a full year (although she exceeded her goal
). This post is about what she learned while not yelling:
theorangerhino.com/10-things-i-learned-when-i-stopped-yelling-at-my-kids/
What really struck me is that many of these things are true for spanking as well
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