Do you tell your kids to "Hush!"?

[my2sweets]

Originally Posted by mcpforever No. It's not rude to tell your child to settle down and behave themselves when they are misbehaving-which is what a child throwing a fit about something is doing. I think it's a disservice not to help them settle down and to just allow them to continue to behave inappropriately.

Yes, this. When my girls are throwing tantrums/yelling at each other/doing their famous scream crying fits you bet I tell them to 'knock it off', 'stop screaming' , 'be quiet', 'you better stop' , 'quit screaming', 'you may cry, you may not! scream' ect. 99% of the time I try to comfort/help/figure out whats wrong but sometimes there's just no reasoning with children and I refuse to listen to them behave like wild animals. And once I told dd1 to 'shut your mouth now! and do not open it until dinners ready!'(which I was making at the time so 30ish mins or so) after listening to her horribly rude attitude for the entire day...I hate back talking with a passion and theres only so much I can take.