Effects of Yelling at Children. This is a particularly sensitive subject for me but I feel the message in this post needs to be communicated to all people who have any contact with children. It does crush a child to be yelled at and makes them feel that they must have done something terribly wrong for someone to shout that way. A child needs nurturing and made to feel safe and foremost that they can depend on their caregivers for protection and not the destruction of their emotional well being. Dr. Niamh Clune has demonstrated in this post a clear understanding of what children need from adults and what happens to those children if they get the opposite of what they need. Well, written and well said. j.k. the secret keeper