Honestly speaking, which mother has never yell or raise voice at own kids?

My hubby dislike me raising voice at my girl but I explained to him that our child is very mischievous and super active unlike other child we have seen before. I need to raise or yell at my child because she’s doing something dangerous and what I did is to prevent & stop her from getting into serious trouble, especially when she’s almost out of sight. I explained to him clearly that many mothers are the same like me, we are not being scary but to warn our kids before accidents happened, we really have no choice but to yell or raise voice from a distance to save their lives. But to him, he said don’t ever compare with other mothers. He just can’t accept this fact, dislike or rather say he hates it. But on the contrary, he doesn’t only raise his voice, he actually ROARED like a madman at my 1yo (now 3yo) girl several times. He even banged his fist on the wall to vent his anger on us. He’s acting like a timebomb and madman which made us very scared of him, so fearful of what he may do to us the very next moment. I just don’t understand why he doesn’t sees that every mum is quite the same when raising voices at children. Even he admitted his late mum was also like that when they were kids. Mums only raised voice when danger approaches the children to warn them. I need truthful confessions from any mother. Pls indicated anonymous if you are afraid to reveal your real name to protect identity & confidentiality. Thank you!!!!

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Super Mum

No need to be anonymous.. I do sometimes raise my voice too. I’m generally quite patient with my daughter (3+ yo), but if she’s doing something dangerous or is being extremely defiant, I do need to raise my voice for her to listen. I believe we love our children very very much, and children do need to be disciplined in order to grow up well. I know that my daughter doesn’t have any psychological trauma with me scolding her, because of the conversations I have with her (we have many, where I explain to her in detail why she was reprimanded/punished, and she shares with me how she feels), and because I limit the voice raising only to the moment of defiance or during the dangerous act that needs to be stopped urgently. Outside of that, she receives hugs and a healthy amount of attention. As for your husband, he may feel that he wants to be the disciplinarian in the house, while you provide the caring and nurturing role. Actually, hearing what he said to you... I feel like he’s actually feeling guilty about his own way of handling his anger and disciplining your daughter, hence he doesn’t want even you to shout at her. He’s probably never apologised to your daughter for losing his temper, so this is how he’s trying to protect her from getting hurt emotionally. Truth be told, he needs to work on his relationship with her. In the meantime, don’t take what he says to you to heart, because I see that you’re really doing your best. At the same time, if you can, don’t need to be defensive against what he says. Say okay to his suggestion that you try not to raise your voice, and then make a suggestion that both of you be more conscious about how you speak to your little girl. Hopefully, both of you can also have heart to heart talks about how each of you feel. Because from a 3rd party perspective, I see that both of you love your daughter very much, and that’s always an excellent start to building relationships in your family ❤️. A valuable lesson I’ve learnt is that my daughter watches how my husband and I treat each ofher, and her security is based on our husband-wife relationship. So I hope you and your husband can talk things out, hug it out, and demonstrate what love is to your child. That’s one of the best things you can do for her 😊

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5y ago

The weird thing is my daughter knew my hubby is shouting (in fact roaring at her) but she still loves him alot and told me she detested me and only wants her dad but not me. My heart is fully shattered when I heard this. Hubby already doesn’t love me and now she also don’t want me even I am her main caregiver since birth till now.

Super Mum

I haven't really yelled at my baby yet because she's still small but I understand the need for it sometimes. For example when my baby's about to touch the electric socket I'll get scared and scream 😅 it's just a reflex and hard to control. I wouldn't agree to constant yelling and shouting at your kid as a disciplinary measure, but sometimes we need to be stern and that's totally fine. Your husband is imposing a weird double standard on you and you should call him out. If he thinks yelling is so bad then why is it OK for him to do it? Makes no sense to me.

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5y ago

That’s why I also think he’s being double standard when he not only yelled, he roared like a crazy man in late wee hours 2am. Neighbours opened windows to see what happpened. I never constantly raise voice at my child, only when she misbehaves and doesn’t stop after I tried to tell her to stop. But my hubby is suddenly go berserk and roared at us & threw things at her.

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I yelled before at my small baby once because he like to pee when I changed his pampers in the midnight. It make the bed wet and I have to change bedsheet. However my husband was the one that got frighten that time. he told me that he nearly got heart attack. So I promised him I won't yell at baby anymore, at least in the midnight. But too bad when he took over my role, he accidentally pulled the baby hand very hard and baby didn't want to "entertain" him for few days😂

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I don't know any mother who has never ever raised her voice to her child. But discipline goes beyond just shouting though. As your kid is already 3 years old, she may respond better to reason now. I think your issues go way beyond just this. I saw you mentioned that your hubby doesn't love you anymore and that you are fearful of him. You both need to see if you can repair this relationship, children will notice strain between their parents and may act out accordingly.

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I think it might be more to do with his personal experiences with his mum as a child cos seems like he’s unable to control his emotions as well. You might need to work out a way to communicate better with your kid though cos it seems like you and your hubby shouting doesn’t really seem to be helpful in “teaching” your child as yourself child is still naughty. So maybe find another way?

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It’s human nature bah. Hard to control

5y ago

Yes! U must be a mother or 过来人 to understand such things are hard to control especially to caregiver of the child will be more panic that danger will harm the child if don’t raise voice sometimes but not to the extent of roaring like a madman (hubby).

TapFluencer

yes tough to avoid

5y ago

Only mums will understand this. He JUST doesn’t understand the frustrations of why a panicky mum has to raise her voice when her kid is approaching danger some distance away or when the kid refused listening after several times.