10 Quick Phrases That Instantly Calm Kids Who Are Angry, Defiant, Arguing & Bossy #505

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Kirk Martin

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Do you have a child who goes from 0 to 60 emotionally, lies when confronted with behavior, loves to argue like an attorney? What about a child who has shut down or feels misunderstood? How can you get a toddler or teen to actually listen to you? Kirk gives you 10 quick phrases you can use in different situations to de-escalate and stop power struggles. This is the final week of our Christmas in July Sale. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/july-sale/ to take advantage of the lowest prices of the year. Email [email protected] with any questions.

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1:04.1	So do you have a child who goes from zero to 60 emotionally? Lies when confronted with behavior.
1:12.3	Loves to argue like an attorney.
1:18.1	What about a child who has shut down or feels misunderstood? How can you get a toddler, a tween, or teen to actually listen to you? I want to give you 10 quick phrases you can use in different
1:24.6	situations to de-escalate and stop the power struggles. That is what we're
1:29.6	going to discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenting Podcast. Welcome, this is Kirk Martin,
1:33.8	founder of CelebrateCom. You can find us in our special Christmas in July sale at Celebrate Calm.com.
1:40.5	Look, your words can inflame a situation like a match in a dry haystack, but the flip side is your words can calm almost any situation pretty quickly.
1:50.2	No matter what your child says or does later today or tomorrow, you get to choose the words you use.
1:58.7	You are completely in control of whether you inflame or calm the situation.
2:04.5	So look, these phrases and statements, they won't solve every problem, but they will begin to
2:09.4	de-escalate situations. So practice, even speaking this out loud while you are listening to them,
2:16.8	while you're driving in the car and you'll probably have an
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