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Patience is so hard to master. You have to remind yourself constantly not to react certain ways or get impatient with your child. I used to think I was pretty patient, but children constantly remind me that I’m not!
Try taking a deep breath and calming yourself next time you’re child is nagging you, throwing a temper tantrum, disobeying, or whatever it is that they do that sets you off. Remind yourself that you are in control and that you must react a certain way in order to achieve what you want.
Yelling at them, throwing a temper tantrum, etc will usually just make things worse. I’m guilty of yelling myself. I’m a retired Marine and yelling is a built in function of mine; not to mention that I have a deep, loud voice anyway. If you throw a temper tantrum then that is showing them that it’s ok to act that way when things aren’t going your way.
How true that throwing a temper tantrum right back at your kids is the most ridiculous way to try to get them to STOP doing that. I’m guilty of this myself, but I appreciate the reinforcement of the idea of do what I do and do what I say.