The Effects of Yelling at Your Teen

New study suggests yelling may be just as bad as hitting.

[gerhardbritz]

Every teenager out there, remember: Be the parent one day that you always wanted!

[yashny]

I wish I can show this video to my parents but that will only result in them yelling louder

[kaydenstiles]

Yelling emotionally breaks a child. It doesnt matter the age, it doesnt matter who you are. Yelling at your children or sibling breaks them. I should know.. my family cant have a simple conversation without my mother screaming.. it hurts..

[MrSilentsmoker]

The parents aren't always right though everybody makes mistakes but as a parent you never think to apologize

[sleepyheadjirachi]

Even if you are a good kid, and obedient you get yelled at for the smallest mistakes, or forgetfulness.

[IndependentMindWoman]

Yelling is what parents do when they are incapable of articulating their thoughts. Parents resort to yelling out of frustration. Kids may comply to your commands out of intimidation, but not out of understanding. You want your kids to listen to you because they understand why they should as opposed to just complying out of fear.

[greenfroggerblogger]

I hate it when my parents yell at me it does cause my depression and anxiety

[reyrxyyy]

The group of parents just laughed at how they all raised hands when they yelled at their child. It actually breaks my heart if my parents did that.

[alx]

i’m such a sensitive kid and when i get yelled at i go to my room to cool off but then they yell louder

[isabellapena]

I swear I'm the least favorite sibling and it really shows, but when my parents yell at me I start crying and no one in my house cares

[katherineholmok]

Its true, maybe not for everyone, but I suffer through it every day. I don't like to complain but inside i feel worthless, like what i do is never good enough even if thats not what my parents intended.

[priscillawilson]

The thing is, you should never NEED to yell. You are the boss and speaking quietly does not change that. Yelling means you feel you've lost control and the child senses this. They don't want to be in charge anymore than you want them to be. Michael Caine said the royals never raise their voices because they have power and don't need to. Set an appropriate punishment for wrongdoing and stick to it, speaking normally all the way.

[michaela]

Yelling is emotional abuse. Period. I wish it would get as accepted as physical abuse... yes, I am a victim myself, my mother has been a screaming monster for years, she screamed everyday and I got depression, aniexty and PTSD becauose of it. I'm also very noise sensitive.

[psgamerOO]

I got yelled at for losing 20$ my mom gave me.

I was sleeping when my nanny and my cousin were leaving.

my cousin took the 20$ and spent it.

i got yelled at for something i didn’t know about.

[gremlinsounds]

So I’m not the only one who flinches and automatically try to curl up

[notebook]

For some reason the only thing that makes me cry is adults yelling at me.

[caleb]

My mom says she “raises her voice”, which is apparently different.

[ackermn]

It’s happened so much that I had childhood trauma and now when I get yelled at, I disassociate and now, i don’t really feel emotions.

[atif]

My mom yells at me all day over all the little problems I caused. I couldn't handle it today so I stepped outside for a minute, and she locked me out. My dad wasn't home and neither was my brother. This happens to me every day, and I'm becoming severely sad. It's been 20 minutes and I'm still sitting in my garage.

[swiftyy]

I’m not even acting up or doing anything. My mom was trying to take a picture of something on my phone, but the screen was getting dark and was about to shut off, so I tapped it so it didn’t shut off, and my mom went STOP IT DONT DO Even tho I was trying to help. The same day, she is mopping the floor, and when I tried to go upstairs from the basement, she screams WHO IS THAT! Then, STAY DOWNSTAIRS YOU NEED TO WAIT, YOU DONT NEED TO GO UPSTAIRS. And the same day, it was around 8:45 and I was playing Xbox with my friends, and I wasn’t hungry. Then my mom SCREAMS my name and says GET UP HERE. Yet when I tried to before she screamed at me. So when I got up there she started to repeat angrily, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO EAT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO EAT. I said I’ll have a sandwich and she gets angry for no reason and is all angry, and my dad said she can go take her shower while he makes my sandwich. I sat down at the table and cried for 15 minutes straight because the whole day my mom was yelling and screaming at me for no reason the WHOLE DAY. I never said anything to her or did anything bad that made her mad. She was just super angry at me for no apparent reason. I cried for minute after minute, and my dad had to calm me down. I think my mom is one of the reasons why I’m always so sad in life. The whole entire day she yelled, screamed, and was angry at me when I did absolutely nothing. Also, my mom calls me dumb, and calls me gay even though I’m not. I feel like I’m useless in this world when she yells at me, calls me dumb, calls me gay even though I’m not, and yells at me if I get an 85% on my tests (I’m not Asian or Indian)