Yelling at teens useless

If the family raising children, adolescents, it can be a real test of endurance of their parents. Many of the Pope with their mothers cry break on when trying to educate the recently obedient and affectionate kids. But US scientists in the study proved the validity of the old Russian proverb that screaming does not help.

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The joint study by researchers from the Universities of Michigan and Pittsburgh showed that parents of middle-class families who scream at their teenage children, thereby increasing the risk of their depression and difficulties in behavior, even between children and parents were originally set rather close and trusting relationship. Creek in parenting teens   It leads to negative results.

"The so-called verbal discipline in which parents try to control children by raising voices, actually has the opposite effect - says professor of pediatrics Dr. Heather Burrows. - The more children scream, the more unwieldy they become more likely to lie, cheat, stealing, that is involved in all the things that parents just want to destroy them. "

Professor Burrows says that if the father or mother of a child is angry teenager, there is nothing wrong with that, to have a serious talk with him. "It is absolutely normal to express the child their emotions and feelings, to say that he'll frustrating, disappointing, sad or even angry - continues Heather Burrows. - But do not cry, do not raise your voice. Tell your child that his behavior does not suit you and you you need to pause before all this discussed. Modeling this type of behavior in educating teens   very effective, as in the education of young children. "(Read More)

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