A Great Phrase to De-Escalate Back-to-School Tension
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.7 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
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 Casey@CelebrateCalm.com and Casey will help you personally!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | So I bet I have a way for even reluctant teens and tweens to spend time with you. |
| 0:05.4 | Sit and better on the sofa, wrapped in the heavenly softness of the new cozy earth bubble cuddle |
| 0:10.8 | blanket. It is so ridiculously soft. Your toddlers, your teens, pets, even your spouse is going to |
| 0:16.8 | want to cuddle with you. And you will have the best talks all wrapped up together. We absolutely |
| 0:23.7 | love our bubble cuddle blanket because it's the perfect combination of style and comfort. Oh, |
| 0:29.5 | and your sensory kids, forget about it. They're going to try to steal the cozy earth bubble |
| 0:33.7 | cuddle blanket from your room. I'd have them do extra chores to buy their own, but then you |
| 0:38.6 | might not be able to get them out of bed. Look, your bed shouldn't just be a place to sleep. It should be |
| 0:43.4 | your happy place. Use the cozy earth bamboo sheets. We'd love those. And this new blanket, |
| 0:50.2 | amazing. Go to cozyearth.com. Use code calm for 40% off. Let them know that the calm guy sent you. That's cozy earth.com use code calm for 40% off let them know that the calm guy sent you |
| 0:56.0 | that's cozy earth.com code calm for 40% off all right so school's about to begin again there's |
| 1:04.7 | lots of tension in the air your kids have anxiety you have anxiety teachers have anxiety |
| 1:10.1 | and so you're going to get pushback from your |
| 1:12.5 | kids. They may become a little bit more mouthy and defiant. Siblings are going to fight because everybody's |
| 1:18.3 | kind of on edge. And in the moment, it's really hard to remain in control. So on this episode of the |
| 1:26.1 | Calm Parenting Podcast, I want to give you an easy phrase to remember to help you reset and de-escalate situations. |
| 1:35.3 | Because in these moments, I don't, I've never have wanted people say like, okay, what's the 10-step process to calm down? |
| 1:42.2 | It's too hard in the moment. |
| 1:44.0 | You need simple, practical things you can use. And that's why calm down. It's too hard in the moment. You need simple, practical things you can use, |
| 1:46.8 | and that's why sitting down is one of my favorite things. It's virtually impossible to yell at people |
| 1:53.4 | and your kids while you're sitting down. We change the tone of voice. That helps. But I want to give you |
| 1:59.5 | this phrase, and I think it's really going to |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Kirk Martin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Kirk Martin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.