I came across this AWESOME list of alternatives to yelling, and decided to adopt some of them. Some of these are my own. I broke it down into categories for myself, wrote it down a piece of paper and stuck it to my fridge! I am blogging about it because I need accountability.
Get Their Attention Alternatives:
- Sing a command (make your bed, bus your table, etc,)
- Blow a pretend Trumpet (it's time to get jammies on, please get in the car)
- Clap
- Say it in slow motion
- Say it in a silly voice
- Bang a pot and smile
Stop a Behavior Alternatives
- get up and go whisper in their ear
- Sign it vigorously (we do a little sign language)
- pick them up and carry them away from the situation without saying a word
- Make a very loud and unexpected silly noise (raspberry, yodel) to distract, and then redirect
Blow Off Steam Alternatives:
- Tarzan yell
- scrub something (pan, toilet, floor, etc)
- do crunches
- write down everything you would yell, then tear it up
- Say "I need one minute to think and cool down," then take 10 deep breaths
- Say "I love my _________ (Katie ,Grace or Amelia)" ten times or until I gain composure
- Kneel and pray
2 comments:
Love it Jill! Thanks for sharing. I am in the same boat. I've read similar things like this when frustrated with myself and yelling. Never held myself accountable to make a change. Thanks for sharing, I'm there with you, gonna make a change for real this time. I think the exercise one sounds great to me killing two birds with that one :)
What a fantastic idea! I should apply some of these to those times I yell..because I don't like it all either! I feel like a completely different person, or as I call it "an ugly mom". Thanks for sharing!!
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