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The Shame of Shouting
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The Shame of Shouting

When kids see the worst of you

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Matt Farquharson
Jan 18, 2023
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Last Sunday, I made my daughter ashamed of me.

She is still under 10, so this is not the teen shame that every child feels about their parents. This was a relatively new experience.

We were late and I was enraged. Not with her, but with our lateness and what had led to it: a fairly standard blunder between me and my…

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