what you will do when you lose patient to your kids?

First off alot of us parents lose our patience with our children. I know my patience is great some days and not so great on other days- Try to figure out why you are losing your patience.. Are their other problems or worries? If so try to get s grip on them- Don't take it out on your child- Kids are just kids-- they need lots of love and compassion.. Yelling at them isn't a good answer- They will lose self-esteem, self-respect. When you start to lose patience- try to back away from the situation- Take a couple of deep breaths, count to 10 or more.. then go back and deal with the situation. Try to laugh-- ok- if your child is doing something wrong don't laugh at them-- but laughing relieves stress! My daughter is 10 and she can sense when I'm becoming short- She usually just leaves me alone-- I feel terrible when I do yell at her- So believe me I think most parents do yell at times at thier kids-- Just try not to yell all the time..