It's no secret that children often misbehave and when they're being told off, they don't always listen.
You can tell them the same thing over and over again, but until you raise your voice, they might not really accept that they've done something wrong.
But according to a parenting coach, it doesn't have to be this way.
Tia Slightham, who posts on TikTok under the name @parentingcoach, has created a video explaining why she thinks children often only listen when you shout and how you can change this.
In the clip, she claims that it's all to do with setting consistent boundaries with your little ones.
She said: "Do you want to know why your kids don't listen until you finally yell and lose your s**t?
"Frustrating, right, because you're going to be shocked.
"You set that boundary.
"Now, I'm not pointing my finger at you and I'm not blaming you, but kids will do what works because they're born needing to push boundaries until boundaries are found.
"If you ask nicely, you give reminders, you nag and then you finally yell, they learn that they don't need to listen when you ask the first time, they don't need to listen when you're nagging or reminding or you're asking nicely multiple times.
"They listen when a boundary is set and that boundary is set when you yell."
So how do you stop this from happening?
Tia says you have to set concrete, clear, consistent boundaries so that your children know upfront what you need them to do.
She adds: "Also we need to work on your yelling. Shifting your parenting to shift your child's behaviour."
More than five million people have watched the parenting coach's video with it garnering over 391,000 likes.
Many took to the comments to thank her for sharing her advice.
One person said: "Thank you, it makes so much sense. Bedtimes about to get better. Consistency."
Another wrote: "I tell people this all the time. Your kid don't listen to you cause you raised them that way."
A third replied: "Amen, this lady has it figured out."
Someone else added: "I'm so tired of yelling!"
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