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I think it's a fine goal to not raise your voice around your kids.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Jan 19 '10, 14:04

Beating yourself up about it if you do is silly though. Plus, if it's done rarely enough raising your voice can really grab their attention.

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Hopefully they will learn, as Roger More did yesterday... - Dr.Vermin Jan 19, 14:13 26
- it was James Bond, not Roger More -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 14:15 24
  - are we sure it wasn't ian fleming? - dogbert Jan 19, 14:23 9
    - The guy who threatened to sue because somebody made a pedophilia joke about him. -- nm - mara Jan 19, 14:33 8
      - I just want to note, that it was not me that made that comment. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 19, 14:34 7
        
        man, Dr. Tron started logging TT posts *right* after this happened - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 14:41 6
        
        Wasn't it RKD? (nm) - musubi Jan 19, 14:43 4
        
        it appears from the later posts you might be right - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 14:45 2
        
        One of the original prophets and ML's future political rival. You probably knew him as Earl the Car. -- nm - David Jan 19, 14:45 1
        
        honk! -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 14:46
        
        He was first but ian fleming threatened to see *several* people. -- nm - David Jan 19, 14:45
        
        had I been around, I probably WOULD have made the comment. - groiny Jan 19, 14:42
  - (I can see where you might be confused, though) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 14:15 13
    - I give up. Same color eyes? -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 14:22 9
      - (hint) - musubi Jan 19, 14:29 8
        
        I was joking -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 14:33 2
        
        I was wondering - that was a tough one to pick :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 14:36 1
        
        I mean, eyes. I kinda reached for that one. :) -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 14:39
        
        Kids today *shakes head* -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 14:30 4
        
        I don't know how you put up with it. You're a saint. nm - Dignan Jan 19, 14:32 3
        
        *throws rotten vegetables* -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 14:33 2
        
        People are starving in Haiti, pixie. nm - Dignan Jan 19, 14:35 1
        
        They drink the sand because they don't know the difference, Dignan. -- nm - Max Jan 19, 14:39
    - No kidding! I even went to Dr.STalk before posting! -- nm - Silly Vermin Jan 19, 14:18
    - ha -- nm - i'm gay for batman Jan 19, 14:16
    - *laughing* -- nm - mara Jan 19, 14:16
- *furiously searches Dr S Talk* - Roger More Jan 19, 14:14
I honestly believe a lot of it stems from experience and maturity. My older brothers had a much different childhood than I did. -- nm - David Jan 19, 14:12 3
- I watched my little brother basically run the house... - Mel Profit Jan 19, 14:13 2
  - Yeah, I think for most parents it's what David said combined with not having as much energy. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 14:20 1
    - ...for how they treat their youngest, I mean. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 14:20
but how are they supposed to know when you're mad then? -- nm - dogbert Jan 19, 14:12
I don't know how my parents could have managed raising six of us without *raising* their voices -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 14:08 3
- (should be "*without* raising", obvie) -- nm - znufrii Jan 19, 14:10 2
  - *I'm* Ron Burgundy? -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 14:10 1
    - will he get that reference? -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 14:10
This is the thing I always think about. Prior to having kids, I though I'd never raise my voice with my kids. - musubi Jan 19, 14:06 12
- Ashlee is jealous of the effect my stern, somewhat raised, voice has on Connor. - Stephen Jan 19, 14:23 5
  - Ashlee is jealous of the effect my *stem*, somewhat raised -- nm - what dogbert read Jan 19, 14:25
  - moms can not be stern with little boys. - groiny Jan 19, 14:24 3
    - This is true. Ashlee has a hard time being stern with Connor. - Stephen Jan 19, 14:37 1
      - of course he does. - groiny Jan 19, 14:40
    - HA! -- nm - con_carne as a lad Jan 19, 14:25
- True and yet, I still don't think I *really* raise my voice that much. My kids will say I yelled at them and I always think "they have no idea". My - pmb Jan 19, 14:16 3
  - I don't think I do it a lot (and yeah not with the fury that it *could be*) but still more often than I thought. - musubi Jan 19, 14:26
  - Same here. I don't think I've ever lost my temper, but sometimes my voice is louder, and has a bit of anger to it. -- nm - Inigo Jan 19, 14:18
  - I yell. - groiny Jan 19, 14:17
- heck, I thiought I would never raise my voice to my nephews, but damned if the oldest one acknowledges anything someone says quieter than a - dogbert Jan 19, 14:15
- better to raise your voice than your hand. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 19, 14:14
When I lived with the magician and his son, he would rarely raise his voice, but explicitly apologize to the boy when he did. - con_carne Jan 19, 14:06 3
- How does the line "when I lived with the magician and his son", go on TT and not get commented on? - musubi Jan 19, 14:08 2
  - Yep, that's his trade. He was usually gone on Fri/Sat nights, and the boy would be with his mom. Which meant place to myself! -- nm - con_carne Jan 19, 14:13
  - Sounds like the 8th Narnia book. -- nm - TFox Jan 19, 14:10
I plan to keep my kids in line with tickling and the threat of tickling. -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 14:05 2
- Mine will understand the gravity of the pepper spray holster at a very young age. nm - Dignan Jan 19, 14:07 1
  - "Son, when a girl has pepper spray, you just move on to the next target." -- nm - Dignan si Jan 19, 14:09

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