Hello! My name is mom and I’m a yeller. – Momma Blog Feature

05/12/2017

I’m the farmer behind FrugalBushBunny CSA Farm just an hour from Alberta’s capital. My life as wife & mother of two is pretty crazy!

Gardening, hunting, foraging, fishing & raising farm animals keep me outdoors a lot. I love to shop…anywhere. I’m as happy thrifting as I am visiting William Sonoma & my obsession with stationary & Hello Kitty are probably detrimental to my bank account. 

I’m the mom at the park talking loudly on the phone dropping F bombs & not really paying attention to my kids. Because honestly I brought them to the park so I could have a few moments to catch up with my long distance BFF. 

I’m also the mom who teaches my kids to be strong independent individuals by showing them that you don’t have to be a push over to be nice & that compassion for others is not a weakness. That learning something for yourself is always better than relying on someone else & the only way to fail is to give up (but none of that everyone is a winner crap!)

I’m the mom with crayon/paint/s**t (probably literally😂) on the walls, housekeeping never makes it on my To Do list. I let my kids cook & bake & use sharp pointy knives under my supervision (I swear I’m not THAT bad!) And we try to go on as many family dates & adventures as possible.

I’m a little bit of everything rolled into one & I’m going to keep following my heart no matter what! 

Hello! My name is mom and I’m a yeller.

By Melanie Gallie

I’m a yeller….not always but more than I’d like to admit. But here I am….admitting it. Why? Because I think, no, I know that yelling isn’t always as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

You see, read and hear it everywhere. The non-yeller moms at the park, the mommy blogs & the parenting books on the shelf at the library. Yelling is bad.

They all insist yelling will screw your kids up, scar them for life, turn them into screaming lunatics AND how they won’t listen to you anyway…well I disagree. But before you freak out, no I don’t think it’s okay to scream 2 inches away from your kids face, call them degrading names or keep yelling until they cry.

There are times yelling is an effective tool if you use it right, like when your little one is about to bolt across the road in front of a car. When I yell, my kids know I mean business.

Stop the mom guilt. You’re not messing your kids up, your not turning them into serial killers. You yelling won’t be the memories of you they’ll keep.

They’ll remember going to the strawberry u-pick and eating berries until their little bellies are full and bloated. They’ll remember you tucking them in at night and rubbing their backs. They’ll think back about you teaching them to ride a bike or cast a fishing rod.

It’s all about balance.

So when you finally lay your head down tonight worry about something else because yelling won’t ruin your precious babies.

*This post is solely my opinion of occasional yelling, if you feel your yelling is affecting your children or you feel angry, overwhelmed or depressed please contact your local Parent Link Centre for non-judgmental guidance.

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