--- title: Shouty parents and bad days — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Shouty parents and bad days», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Shouldn't have yelled.» Grown-ups get tired and stressed just like kids, and sometimes they snap. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Shouty parents and bad days # Shouty parents and bad days Lesson 494 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 31 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/). - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/2/) — Shouldn't have yelled.» Grown-ups get tired and stressed just like kids, and sometimes they snap. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/5/) — Later, «Bad day, Mum?» can help. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/6/) — Some shouting isn't angry at all. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/8/) — «Relax, he's at the ref, not us.» In Liverpool, Mum yells, «Clean your room, it's a tip!», then later, «C'mere, ye little muppet» («muppet» here means a silly one, said with love) and squeezes Molly-Rae tight. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/9/) — In Adelaide, Kayden's mum shouts from the side of the footy pitch, «Kayden, you drongo, run!» («drongo» is Aussie for a fool, here in fun), and his mates laugh; if it bugs him, he can tell her privately. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/10/) — Loud and warm can go together. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/11/) — In Philadelphia, Cody's friend hears his mom yell, «Get your butt in here NOW!» «Yo, your mom's scary.» «Nah, she's just loud.» Some families are just loud, and loud isn't always angry or dangerous. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/12/) — In Birmingham, after a row about homework, Dhruv's mum shouts and his dad says nothing all evening, and Dhruv doesn't know which is worse. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/13/) — Some people shout when they're angry and some go quiet; both feel bad, and it helps when grown-ups talk it through. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/16/) — In Belfast, Megan loses her bus pass and Mum shouts, then cries in the kitchen. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/17/) — Megan feels guilty. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/19/) — In Toronto, Zelda tiptoes when Dad gets home from work and checks his face first, to see what mood he's in. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/20/) — That's a lot for a child to carry. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/21/) — She can talk to her mum or a teacher, because no child should have to tiptoe every day. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/22/) — Sometimes it's frightening. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/23/) — In Glasgow, the car breaks down and Aimee's dad loses it and kicks the tyre, and Aimee goes very still in the back seat. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/24/) — Kicking a tyre is anger at a thing, not at a person, but it still feels scary to see. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/25/) — Knowing the difference matters: shouting at a match or about a messy room is one thing; anger that turns on people, or feeling scared to go home, is another. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/26/) — Then a child should tell a trusted adult, like a teacher, or call Childline on 0800 1111 (free, in the UK), any time, day or night. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/27/) — Grown-ups get tired and stressed and sometimes snap; it usually isn't about the child. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/28/) — Shouting isn't OK, but a parent saying sorry afterwards shows they know it. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/29/) — Some families are just loud, and loud isn't always angry or dangerous. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/30/) — Shouting at the telly or at a football match is common and is not aimed at the people at home. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/31/) — Some parents are shouty and very warm at the same time. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/32/) — Some people shout when they're angry and some go quiet; it helps when grown-ups talk it through, and a child can ask «Are we okay?». - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/33/) — Money worries can make parents snap; the stress is grown-up business and not the child's fault. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/34/) — Watching a parent's mood all the time and tiptoeing is a lot to carry; a child can talk to the other parent or a teacher. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/35/) — Seeing a parent lose their temper, even at a thing like a tyre, can be frightening. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/36/) — If a parent's anger turns on people, or a child is scared to go home, the child should tell a trusted adult like a teacher. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/37/) — Childline is a free UK helpline for children, on 0800 1111, open any time. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/494-shouty-parents-and-bad-days/38/) — If a parent's joke-shouting in public bugs you, you can tell them privately. - ← previous: [Warm parents and strict parents](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/493-warm-parents-and-strict-parents/) - next →: [Cold parents: always on the phone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/495-cold-parents-always-on-the-phone/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)