A Great Phrase to De-Escalate Back-to-School Tension

Calm Parenting Podcast

Kirk Martin

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Social Sciences, Science, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Parenting

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🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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A Great Phrase to De-Escalate Back-to-School Tension Everyone is on edge now with school returning. Your kids are going to pushback, become more mouthy and defiant, siblings are going to fight. In the moment, it’s so hard to remain in control, so use this easy phrase to reset and de-escalate situations. This is the final week of our Back-To-School Sale. Set your kids up for success this year: https://celebratecalm.com/products/ Want personal mentoring with Kirk via Phone? Click here to learn about mentoring packages. Want to book a LIVE EVENT in 2023/2024?! We are now booking IN PERSON and Zoom events for schools, PTAs, churches, synagogues, corporations, and agencies! Simply email Casey@CelebrateCalm with LIVE in the subject line and he'll share a one-page proposal within hours. It's EASY! Questions? Need help deciding on the best tools for your family? Email [email protected] and Casey will help you personally! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, so school's about to begin again.
0:03.0	There's lots of tension in the air.
0:05.0	Your kids have anxiety, you have anxiety, teachers have anxiety,
0:09.0	and so you're going to get pushback from your kids.
0:12.0	They may become a little bit more mouthy and defiant.
0:14.8	Siblings are going to fight because everybody's kind of on edge.
0:18.4	And in the moment, it's really hard to remain in control. So on this episode of the Calm Parenting
0:25.7	Podcast I want to give you an easy phrase to remember to help you reset and
0:31.7	de-escalate situations.
0:34.0	Because in these moments, I don't, I've never have wanted people say like,
0:38.0	okay, what's the 10-step process to calm down?
0:41.0	It's too hard in the moment. You need simple practical things you can use and
0:45.8	that's why sitting down is one of my favorite things. It's virtually impossible to yell at
0:51.9	people and your kids while you're sitting down. We change the
0:56.0	tone of voice. That helps. But I want to give you this phrase and I think it's
1:00.0	really going to help you. So welcome to the the Calm Parenting Podcast. This is Kirk Martin,
1:04.4	founder of CelebrateCalm. You can find us at CelebrateCalm.com. If you need help with
1:09.5	anything, reach out to our son who did struggle with anxiety who I want to make a joke and say he was kind of mouthy and defined
1:18.7	Not at back to school time, but pretty much all the time he struggled because he has a very strong-willed child who had an agenda who knew what he wanted right he had ideas of how he wanted things done and so there were always these power struggles and these are the kids we're talking about right that's why you're listening
1:35.9	So that is our son he will identify with you and your struggle because he was your child and so it's see a S-A-S-E-Y, celebrate Calm.
1:44.7	Come, reach out to Casey, hey, look,
1:47.8	tell us about your family, age of the kids,
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