"Yelling silences your message. Speak quietly, so that your children can hear your words instead of just your voice." I agree with the above quote whole-heartedly... because I've been in both situations with adults before. Yelling is an unfortunate common occurrence in my house; and while I'm just as guilty as the rest of my family is about it... I often think of ways that the yelling could possibly be tuned down a bit. I mean, it gets ridiculous! It's constant, it's unnecessary, and it happens for no reason. There's yelling going on as I write this post because my sister had the volume 2 notches too high on her iPad... and instead of calmly asking her to turn it down, she got yelled at to do it.
Was there any particular reason for the yell as opposed to the calm question? Honestly, I don't know. When it comes to pointless little things like that; I can't figure out why people choose to yell. I can somewhat understand yelling when arguing or when emotionally disturbed, but yelling for no reason just seems like a waste of time. I think some believe that the louder they are; the more valid their argument- and it's not the case. If anything; yelling takes away from your argument by making you seem foolish. The other day in the car, my dad got around to telling me two pieces of advice that he remembered his dad telling him and taking to heart- and that got me thinking about advice that HE has given me. And one of the most valuable pieces of advice that I think my dad has given me is that it's always better to approach things calmly and logically; and to avoid yelling in arguments for the same reason I stated above (looking foolish and sounding ignorant). So thank you, dad. I do try to follow that bit of advice (and the many other bits of advice that you've given me) as often as I can, when I remember. If the world could follow that advice, I think there would be far less problems. "Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon- no matter how good you are, the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway." - Maddie
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Dad
9/23/2016 11:24:14 am
Hmmm, well the yelling wasn't me... or you, so at least the two of us are following that wise advice.
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