Word-for-word scripts for the hardest moments with your 3–7 year old. Find the moment, say the line, and know why it lands.
Every picture is the same moment twice. Drag left to see how it usually goes, drag right for the words that land. Every word is straight out of the book.
Say ✓
Don’t say ✗
✗“Do you want to start getting ready for bed?”
✓“Bedtime starts now. Teeth first or pajamas first?”
Say ✓
Don’t say ✗
✗“Just wear it! Why is this a problem every single day?!”
✓“These two are clean. This one or this one.”
Say ✓
Don’t say ✗
✗“Dinner! DINNER! It’s getting cold!”
✓“Food’s on the table. It’s there for twenty minutes.”
Say ✓
Don’t say ✗
✗“Use your words. Tell me what you want. WHAT DO YOU WANT?”
✓“I’m here. You don’t have to talk.” (then say nothing at all)
Say ✓
Don’t say ✗
✗“Can you clean up now, please?”
✓“Toys go in the bin before pajamas. You do the blocks, I’ll do the cars.”
Say ✓
Don’t say ✗
✗“Share! You have to share!”
✓“One car, two people. I’m holding it while you two decide.”
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It’s not a book you read cover to cover. It’s the thing you open when you need the next sentence.
78 scripts, found by situation. Go straight to the one you’re in.
The exact words, short enough to remember while it’s happening.
One line on why it lands, so you can say it like you mean it.
Twelve situations, the ones that go sideways most.
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WHAT’S INSIDE
78 word-for-word scripts across 15 chapters. Each one: when this happens, say this instead, and why it lands.
WHAT’S INSIDE
What to say, word for word, when your kid won’t start, won’t stop, or melts down.
WHAT’S INSIDE
What to say, word for word, when the moment is too much.
WHAT’S INSIDE
What to say, word for word, when every ask gets a no.
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