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If you are a parent you will know that children develop a controlled deafness. The louder you yell, the deafer they become. In fact on of the strongest discipline measure is where you drop and deepen your voice. This will stop a child much faster than yelling. If you drop the volume enough, they will stop just to hear what you have said.

A deep, or stern voice is always more effective. Yelling creates a situation where the child responds by yelling (that is what you have taught the child). You yell louder - the child yells louder. The end result - every one has a sore throat, the neighbors have been entertained or are ready to call police and the situation is no better.

Yelling can actually be dangerous. Imagine a child climbing and you suddenly yell for them to 'get down'. What happens is you startle the child who then loses grip and falls. Left alone, they were probably ok. Better yet, you could have approached them and asked them to get down without startling them.

Finally, yelling as disciplinary measures is actually counter productive. The child soon learns that yelling doesn't hurt. I doesn't cost anything. You can yell all you want, in fact yelling at the wall gets better results. If you are into spanking, that hurts and delivers a message. If you are into removing things such as a favorite toy, tv or an outing, that to hurts in its own way. Yelling, that doesn't hurt. In fact, kids will soon learn your pattern. Yell once, yell twice, yell three times then get up to act.

Yelling is your way to let of steam and say 'I have done something'. Don't yell - just act - you know the saying, actions speak louder than words - no matter how loud you yell them.

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