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[quote=Anonymous]OP, are you asking what society would say is ok? Because I'm not sure you're going to get a consensus on that. I don't think hitting kids is ok, but other parents would disagree.

To me, it matters what your kid thinks is acceptable. I have one child who is very, very sensitive to raised voices. There are also certain words that are very aggressive/upsetting to her. She's a twin and her sister doesn't feel the same way about this stuff, so I don't know why one is more sensitive than the other. But her level of acceptability is not the same as her twin's. (I don't treat them differently, I'm just pointing out that no two kids are the same).

I grew up in a household with no yelling and certainly no name calling. My best friend lived with her mom (her parents were divorced and she only stayed with her dad sporadically), and she and her mom and her sister would fight and yell and call each other names one minute and then be fine with each other the next. I am not at all like that, and I could not have survived in that situation, but they all seemed ok with it.

All that to say, I think you should pay attention to what your kid(s) says is acceptable or not to them. Definitely apologize when you lose it (we all do, I am not throwing stones here!), but also be aware of the things that specifically bother your own child(ren). That to me is the only barometer that matters. [/quote]

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