To break 3 cups in anger?

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Today my two youngest have pushed me over the edge. The eldest went back to school yesterday and the
Middle returns Thursday. It's been a long hard summer keeping calm and following best parenting advice but this morning I truly blew up. After the middle one refused to stay on the time out step I screamed and threw 3 cups from the holder onto the floor. No kids were harmed physically but they all look a bit sheepish now and obviously think I'm a psycho. They're probably right.

How are the kids going to know if it's a one off?

I was offering the OP support. Obviously I should have gone for the jugular and made her feel worse than she obviously already does

Makes a change from someone asking how to deal with their child's tantrums and anger outbursts.
We have a parent who throws cups down in a temper tantrum.
We need advice for her kids on how to manage this if she can't.

Got Not sure why a person losing their temper at their children is funny - maybe I'm missing something

Got Not sure why a person losing their temper at their children is funny - maybe I'm missing something

A sense of humour, maybe?

Yes I bet seeing their mother go apeshit and break cups was hysterically funny for them.

The losing her temper is not funny, I agree. It's sad.
The suggestion we advise the kids and not her..is.
If you don't get it,...you don't get it.

I get it - I just don't think this is one of the situations to joke about really.

Actually, joking about serious things can be a positive thing.
There are many types of humour.
Having had a mother who did a lot more than throw a cup in temper, I can assure you that joking about it at times,was extremely helpful.

Wow. Thanks for explaining that.

I got it, I didn't think it was remotely funny and I thought it was in bad taste.

Well, there you go. Thank you for your feedback. I shall consider myself told off.....probably.

Consider yourself whatever you want - you crack on

Obviously.

HeyOverHere
Guys, I agree that OP is being VU, but I think she called someone an Idiot because that's their screen name. :D

Ha! It was worth reading to the end just for that.

YABU something like this happened to me as a child. A phone thrown at a door and the phone smashed all over the place. I found it incredibly frightening to see a parent out of control like that. I was actually petrified as I didn't know what would happen next. What happened next was the parent just walked out of the room while me and my sibling sat on floor and cried

Bottom line is the kids aren't sheepish looking they are scared of you kicking off again and what you might do next time.

As for blaming your hormones ,two choices your hormones are so out of sync you are behaving in ways that could attract interest from SS .....or you are making pathetic excuses. Either way you need to stop acting like a child and take some responsibility by eithersorting yourself out or by getting outside help to do so.