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Please don't yell

Posted by JLynn on March 1, 2005, at 13:53:32

Please don’t yell
Not if front of our child
Don’t say bad words
She may repeat them
Don’t push me
You might scare her
Don’t blame me
She could resent you
Not now
But when she gets older
Come to see her
When you say you will
I don’t like to say
“Daddy can’t make it today”
She doesn’t understand why
She is too young
But she is old enough to feel hurt
She cries
And you don’t see this
You can’t feel it
But I do
And it hurts me
She loves you
And she is just a child
If you change now
Maybe she won’t remember
And she can feel loved, safe, and secure
So if you love her
Please don’t yell

J Lynn

Re: Please don't yell » JLynn

Posted by Susan47 on March 1, 2005, at 15:43:29

In reply to Please don't yell, posted by JLynn on March 1, 2005, at 13:53:32

That's exactly right, isn't it.
That's exactly how I felt, too.
For years.
And I tried to tell him.
And I wanted it to stop.
I wanted him to be better.
A nicer person.
But he wasn't,
and that wasn't my fault,
nor my responsibility.
I stayed longer than I should have.
Because I became angry, too.
And I used the words as well.
Eventually.
My daughter learned to say f*ck.
She learned to say "F*ck you"
She learned to say "You bitch"
When she was really little,
it was simply imitation.
She would yell with her fat little cheeks,
and you just had to smile,
no matter that she was mimicking;
a precursor.

Re: Please don't yell

Posted by alexandra_k on March 1, 2005, at 17:26:31

In reply to Please don't yell, posted by JLynn on March 1, 2005, at 13:53:32

Crap. I remember my Mother having to say to me 'Dad's not coming to see you'. Week after week. Month after month. Yuk.

(((alexandra))) (nm)

Posted by Susan47 on March 1, 2005, at 18:57:31

In reply to Re: Please don't yell, posted by alexandra_k on March 1, 2005, at 17:26:31

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