I’m not going to get into potching because I know there’s a lot of arguments on both sides of the fence. But I will say that I’ve always felt that yelling at a kid is *always* counter-productive. I remember that on those rare occasions that my kids worked me up to the point of yelling (it takes a *lot* to get me to that point — I can be *very* patient), I always chose to say nothing instead until I managed to calm down to the point of talking sternly instead of yelling.
The Wolf