Kids Who Push Buttons, Roll Their Eyes, or Argue Like Attorneys? Try These 5 Scripts. #541
Calm Parenting Podcast
Kirk Martin
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Do you have a child who can provoke siblings and both parents without even breaking a sweat? Who continually seeks negative intensity? How canyou respond without escalating the situation OR letting your kids get away with disrespect? I give you 5 concrete action steps and scripts for kids of all ages. **Due to demand, we have extended our Black Friday Sale for one more week. Take advantage of our LOWEST prices of the year at https://celebratecalm.com/black-friday/. Email [email protected] with any questions.**
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| 1:08.5 | So how many of you have kids who are expert button pushers just so naturally gifted at it? |
| 1:16.1 | And it usually provokes a reaction from you or your spouse or from siblings, but that almost |
| 1:22.3 | always spirals out of control. So how do you respond to this without escalating or without letting kids |
| 1:31.2 | get away with it? That is what we're going to discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenting |
| 1:36.5 | Podcast. Welcome. This is Kirk Martin. Founder Celebrate Calm. You can find us in our Christmas sale |
| 1:41.7 | at CelebrateCalm.com. Look, I know you have kids that are extremely |
| 1:45.5 | challenging. They are experts at questioning you, arguing with you, negotiating with you. They're |
| 1:50.9 | like little cops, judges, and attorneys all wrapped into one and they will try to wear you |
| 1:55.2 | down and push your buttons. And it's not right that they do that. But you do have a choice here and you have to stop |
| 2:02.9 | reacting so i want to share five of my favorite responses even though there are many many more |
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