Snapping at your children

Absolutely! What I try and do is apologise afterwards if I was too harsh or shouted, it’s the best I can do and important for him to know I’m sorry or that I didn’t act how I wanted too

Of course!

All the time, and the older they get the more snappy they make you 😭🙃

Yes! My son is driving me insane at the moment. Defiance, ignoring me, being rough with our cats, making a mess for no good reason. Gentle parenting is not my strong suit at the best of times but at the moment really finding it difficult. After I’ve yelled or snapped, we reconcile and talk through the situation. I explain why I was frustrated and apologise for shouting. Often he says sorry for some behaviour he also recognises is unacceptable. Not always straight away and I never demand any apology. It’s fine to get cross at times, as long as there’s some follow up and discussion of feelings, because it’s a natural response and they will come across people with different expectations/patience levels in life - that’s what I think anyway

All the time at the moment. Really struggling with patience and gentle parenting. My little girl is really testing me. We always speak about it after and apologise for any shouting or harsh words. I feel awful all the time too but my patience has worn sooooo thin recently.