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Postcard: Communication With Children

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My postcard portrays a mother shouting and pointing at her daughter. The girl is standing on a chair with her eyes wide open and both arms are raised up. Shouting is not an effective way to communicate with children since it does not get the message across to the child (Renner & Carter, 2014). As the child grows up they start to feel worthless, unloved and unwanted by their parents (Goldsmith & Freyd, 2005). However, if parents punish their children by shouting, the children are more likely to show physical or verbal violence (Vissing et at, 1991). This illustrates the children may find it hard to communicate with people in their surroundings. When the child fears at a young age, they grow up to become fearful adults and parent and unsurprisingly …show more content…

Several parents today feel they should punish their children through shouting to control their child’s behaviour. It is agreed that punishing the child may control their behavior, as they are still young and immature. Whereas, if the child is constantly criticized they may feel hopeless to impress their parents and it can lead the child to become disobedient. According to Professor Scott, children are required to experience some shouting so that it can prepare them for the outside world (Thomas, 2009). He warned that shouting might become critical if it is repeated constantly. Gerhardt declared that shouting may lead to stress and this can affect the development of the child’s brain (Thomas, 2009). I believe that shouting is an ineffective punishment for children and parents should support and praise their children, as it is more helpful for the child’s development. In my childhood I was always shouted at for the smallest mistakes. This made me feel isolated, angry and unloved by my parents. I expressed my emotions though shouting as it was the easiest thing to

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