# Doper parents - do you yell or snap?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-do-you-yell-or-snap/637257>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-do-you-yell-or-snap/637257 "2012-10-09T21:15:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-do-you-yell-or-snap/637257/41 "2012-10-10T18:49:25Z")

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I’ve snapped at my kids a few times (they are 6 and 8 now) and I always immediately regret it. It gets their attention, but it makes them scared and sad, and I always end up going to them an apologizing soon afterward.

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