Parenting
Saturday, July 4, 2009
For moms who like big voices: the Mommy Megaphone
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There's help for moms who've lost
their mean voice. Or for moms who really like to yell. Loud. All the time.
Plunk down $US39 and get yourself a
Mommy Megaphone.
It can project your voice about 500 feet and you don't have to adjust the volume without have to raise YOUR volume. And just in case there's a real emergency, there's even a siren.
Neato.
Moms who purchase the Mommy Megaphone may also like a lesson in
Scream-Free Parenting.
The Megaphone is a gag gift, of course. Personally, I can think of so many better ways to spend forty bucks. Now the book on scream-free parenting? It's a pretty good read.
[Via
Gizmodo]
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Posted by pinky.gohel Tue Jul 1, 2008 6:53am PDT
My lord.. how this never came to my mind! My mom keeps yelling from kitchen to call my litl bro when she needs his assistance...and this litl chap seems to enjoy that by not responding....This has become such a routine that my mom has actually lost her real voice tone and poor this when she wants to talk softly, she isnt able to...i think its a best gift i can give her..But, this isn't the real solution at all! Tihs looks like we are throwing are weapons in front of these kids and are opting for other options to seek helo from them! We werent at all this way im 25 and keep explaining my litl bro that what he is doing isnt righ and this is affecting our moms health !! How many people are suffering from similar problem ???
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Posted by paula Tue Jul 1, 2008 1:53pm PDT
Mine have selective hearing lol They hear what they want to hear,when they want to hear it.I need one of these but I dont think I will spend 40 bucks for it.
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Posted by Ruth Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:45am PDT
I'm not buying! I'm one of those old-fashioned moms who like to make eye contact with my kids. I'll even get some exercise in by climbing the stairs to their room in order to talk to them. I need the exercise, anyway, and this way I save on gym membership. Oh, and another thing: Dr. Miriam Adahan taught me that when I am angry I should lower my voice, NOT raise it.
Do YOU pay attention when there is a loudspeaker making an announcement? I generally ignore voices that don't have a visible person attached to them.
So look at your child with all the love you can muster (even if you have to count to 100 first to calm yourself down) and then open your mouth.
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Posted by Princess S Wed Jul 2, 2008 2:08pm PDT
I am a 22 year old female with a 1 year old daugther and the pressure of maintain a degree and working as nursing assistant, and her is hard.
I am going for Medical Assistant but I don't feel it's proper for me at this time because I have the passion to teach others and I recovering from domestic violence. I don't want to make waste time doing something that's not going to make me happy but I do a learning disability which has influence my choices because I don't want to fail.
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