How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids and Become a Calmer Happier Parent: A Self-Care Guide

Send us Fan MailYou're not a bad parent if you sometimes yell. It happens. The key is not getting carried away or falling into a pattern of shouting at your kids.When your kid is having a meltdown in the middle of the grocery store, or has disobeyed you for the fifth time that day, it can take everything in your will to keep yourself from having your own meltdown.You're not a bad parent if you sometimes yell. It happens. The key is not getting carried away or falling into a pattern of shouting at your kids.Carla Naumburg, PhD, author of How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids: A Guide to Becoming a Calmer, Happier Parent, found her own way to calm after realizing there had to be a better way.In his episode, she joins host Lisa Davis to discuss the book, as well as offer these tips:Know your triggers by understanding what sets you off.Make buttons as push-proof as possible by getting enough sleep, single-tasking, accepting support, and not beating yourself up.Do literally anything else when on the brink of explosion. It could be the classic three deep breaths, but it could also be playing a little air guitar -- anything that redirects.