The Pain of Yelling at My Child


Day 4 Writing - English Practice
📅 Date: 2025-06-09 ✍️ Type: Free writing / Reflection
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One thing has been on my mind for a long time. I hope my older daughter can develop some positive habits—like washing her face, brushing her teeth after getting up, drinking water regularly, and eating without distraction. But these hopes often end in failure.
I get angry and yell at her, losing control of myself. I don't want to control her. I don’t like doing that to her. I love her so much. But I honestly don’t know what else to do besides yelling. I feel powerless.
I'm afraid that these bad habits will damage her in the long run, keeping her from building the qualities she needs to succeed in life.
Should I try to control her until she fits into my expectations? Or is there another way?
When I think back to my own childhood, I remember hating the rules my parents set. Now I find myself lost as my child grows up.
Parenting is so hard. What’s on your mind?
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Hi, Today is Monday, Jun 9, 2025. Keep writing! I'm writing more today.
One thing kept in my mind for a long time. I hope my older daughter develops some positive habits like washing her face, brushing her teeth after getting up, with a good drink plan, and eating without interrupted. But those were always failures. I feel angry and yerld her out of my control, I don't like trying to control her anything, and don't like do that to her. I love her so much. But I don't know what can I do instead of yawning. I feel no power on it.
I was scared that bad habits disdruy her, leading her without the quilitys of being success in rest of her life. I don't know how to deal with it, control her until her saitifacted my rule or something else?
Think about my younger age, I hate rules which my parent made, Now I'm getting lost while my child groth.
Parenting is so hard! What's on your mind?
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