Shouting

[Caroline007]

I hate myself so much for shouting at my 18 year old son today I can't sleep. Whilst he did drive me nuts I hate that I shouted. There is literally a voice in my head that is saying stop shouting but I just carry on. I love my kids so much and know better than to parent like this. Its not my default setting by any means but I feel ashamed if I do it. I'm sitting here at 1.41am typing, crying, typing crying. Parenting never gets any easier. Its a life full of guilt that I should be doing this better

He’s 18. What did he do? He’s a grown ass man, and whilst shouting at anyone is rarely ideal, he’s hardly going to faint is he?

Shouting isn't great not least because the shouter ends up feeling rubbish. But maybe it was just a natural reaction. You are only human. I imagine there is a long back story but all you can do is apologise for shouting (but not for being upset by what happened if you are reasonable to be upset) and move on.

What did he do?

18? Or 1.8?

I'm sure a grown man can cope with his mum shouting at him.

What did he do?

I thought it said 18 months. I'm sure you can apologize to him and explain that you are sorry for shouting.