Her husband yells at the dog. She's worried that when they have a child, he'll yell at the child.

In a parenting dilemma, a woman expresses concerns about her husband's approach to discipline, particularly his propensity to yell. Her experiences as a child raised without yelling influence her belief that yelling shouldn't be a standard reaction to misbehavior. In contrast, her husband, who endured a troubled childhood, subscribes to a strategy of yelling as effective, even enjoying its humorous portrayal in social media. While they agree on avoiding physical punishment and maintaining a loving relationship with their future child, the stark differences in their upbringing cause tension about their future parenting styles.

I generally feel parents shouldn't yell at their kids. It might occasionally happen in moments of frustration, but it shouldn't be a go-to parenting method.

My husband enjoys laughing at TikToks of parents abandoning gentle parenting for a stern shout that immediately quiets misbehaving children.

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