Comment by trabant00
1 year ago
Typical story about some exotic knowledge or practice that is a shortcut westerners could take to solve otherwise complex problem.
Who says anger is always wrong? Or that not exposing children to it is better? Screaming at somebody can be a valid excalation in a conflict, signaling serious aggression and that worse is to come if the offending party does not cease.
Yelling can be stupid and worse than useless. People can lose their temper too often or when they do not have a chence to win an escalated conflict. But an extreme does not justify the other (never doing it).
Also kids are kids. Sometimes they will not accept any calm argumentation no matter what. And shocking them into submission with verbal aggression will. Again, this can be over used by some parents.
There are no shortcuts and no recipes. Never doing something or always doing some other thing does not work.
Although, this comment is a little extreme. There is something to be said about, developing the child for the environment they're going to exist in. In an Inuit Community where everyone is cool headed, it's the right thing to be a cool headed person. But, the average world is not the same. There are more hot headed people than hot headed ones out there, and managing them requires one to speak their language.