How do you discipline kids?
Im a 16 year old girl and i have 4 youngers siblings, (14, 12, 10 and, 8). My parents work a lot and are unreliable, so they are never home, leaving me to deal with my younger siblings. Because of this ive had trouble doing schoolwork and keeping up with home life, these kids are no joke so mean. How do i get them to respect me? I dont wanna punish them or make them fear me, cause i care so much for them, but whenever they do something real shitty when im already stressed, i end up yelling at them. I hate it sm.
Alot of stuff has happened to me through my childhood, and because my parents are strict and just horrid to me sometimes, i never had anyone to tell these problems too. Everytime i yell at my siblings, im scared they wont be able to turn to me when stuff gets bad. I will appricate any advice you can give me.
(Sorry for bad spelling or grammer, im not the best)