A Parental Wake-Up Call: Yelling Doesn't Help

Verbal discipline is a slippery slope and one mistake can have lasting, irreversible consequences.

By Esther Entin, M.D., from TheDoctorWillSeeYouNow.com 

The
problems associated with physical punishment are well known, but even
parents who would never dream of hitting their kids may still resort to
shouting at them when they are pushed to the limit. A study conducted by
the University of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan, published by Child Development,
finds that the fallout from this kind of harsh verbal discipline is
actually far greater than parents may suspect. Parents who yell at
their kids may need to rethink their discipline strategies.