Calm Parenting Podcast · Kirk Martin
5 Scripts When Kids Argue, Prove Their Point, Won't Relent. #568
March 1, 2026·24 min·2 clips
Kirk asks Casey, 'Do you trust me?' in a heartfelt moment that transforms their argument into a bond of trust.
As heard by us
A compact playbook for fairness fights that keeps the relationship ahead of the argument.
This piece focuses on the familiar parent-child standoff where a child keeps pressing a fairness point and will not let it go. It treats the disagreement as a clue, not just a problem to shut down, and asks what sits underneath it: wanting to be heard, wanting a real point…
Why you'd press play
When your child keeps making the same fairness case, this gives you a steadier line to use.
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