I've been listening to your show for a long time,

I guess 10 years at least.

I heard a bunch of these calling shows and I guess I forget the exact text of my email,

but my wife and I had our second baby eight months ago.

And since my first son was born, my wife has struggled a lot with anger problems towards our children,

particularly our son, who is older.

And it's been gradually getting better, but not as fast as I would like.

Okay, what sort of anger issues?

Well, she has a very short fuse when it comes to misbehavior and he's a little boy, so he misbehaves time to time.

He's messy, you know, he's rude and that usually, especially when she hasn't slept very much, she will start screaming at him and, yeah, shouting.

I'm sorry, how old is he?

He is almost four.

He's three?

Yes.

He'll be four and a couple of hours.

So she screams at a three-year-old because she considers him rude?

Yes.

Isn't it rude to scream at a three-year-old?

Yes, it is.

So how on earth does she get to call him rude when she's screaming at him?

Yeah, that is the thing.

She does not.

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