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So you slow down. You sit down. You give your upset, disappointed, frustrated child your intensity and you say this. So look,

here's the game we're playing. Three things I know. Number one, you're mad at me because I

won't let you have your video games or I took your screens away from you. Number two, you're

mad at yourself because you did something stupid to lose your video games

and you're beating yourself up for that.

And number three, so now you're throwing socks, you're throwing things, you're throwing harsh words at me,

pestering me until I finally give in and give you what you want, or I react and yell, right? Because you're trying to get a reaction because then at least

you've got my intense interaction. That's what's going on here. And I've got three thoughts for you,

son. And then I'll let you control exactly what happens next. Now that's the answer. But what is

the question? We're kind of doing jeopardy here because I was on this long drive, like 26 hours over two days, and a mom gave me this question. I was thinking, oh, I think I'll just start with the answer because I was really excited about that. And then we'll do the question. So that's what we're going to discuss on today's episode of the Calm Parenting Podcast. So welcome, this is Kirk Barton, founder, Celebrate Calm. And since I'm doing

this differently today from a hotel somewhere, right, early in the morning, hopefully not waking

up people in adjoining rooms, right? I'll be a little bit more blunt. A couple of things I want you

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