Can your kids keep their voices down?

My youngest does this... she's 14 now, but has always been loud! We'll be sitting at the dinner table and she's telling a story and she's so loud that we have to tell her not to yell! She doesn't even realize she's doing it. She just gets animated or really into telling the story and gets louder and louder.... We've had her ears tested to see if she was hard of hearing, thinking that may be why she's so loud, but they were fine. I think some kids may talk loudly because they feel like they need to talk over all the other kids in school. I don't know it it's true or not, but it's a thought!

I think almost everything our child does depends on what they see on us. How we role-model attitudes, values and priorities in life is what molds them into what they. I must admit i'm a screamer and a loud-talker which also makes my child do things that I do like screaming the house down when I am angry or when I need someone. Perhaps we must set example in talking down and keeping in mind that other people might be irritated hearing or voices over and over again.

I'm facing that too. I think most kids are like this and most of the time I ended up to be the one screaming early in the morning. Sometime I ignore my son when he is too loud and at times he will stop talking or lower his volume.