Parenting can be stressful, and most parents will occasionally lose their tempers, but we can all take some inspiration from the example of the Inuit, who virtually never yell at their children. The Inuit consider yelling to be childish and teach their children by example not to do it. The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages spanking and other aversive forms of discipline, noting that positive reinforcement is slower but more effective long term. Teaching kids emotional regulation through example and interaction yields better results than yelling.

Key Takeaways:

• The author states that she doesn’t use to yell by nature so the first time she found herself yelling at her daughter, everyone’s attention was aroused.
• The author states that she had to yell because she thought that her daughter was in danger as she left her to cross the street alone.
• She states that the day she yelled was her first but not her last because motherhood has pushed her into boiling tempers and angry words.

"My daughter is adopted, a little Alaska Native child with Inuit blood coursing through her veins. It was perhaps because of that background that a recent NPR piece titled “How Inuit Parents Teach Kids to Control Their Anger” first jumped out at me."

Read more: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/the-art-of-parenting-without-yelling

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