Now Say This: The Right Words to Solve Every Parenting Dilemma

Language is powerful, and the exact words, tone, and nonverbal communication parents use when trying to move through a sticky moment with their child means everything. Now Say This guides parents through a highly practical three-step approach to effectively communicating with children called ALP (Acknowledge, Limit Set, and Problem Solve). It also discusses the power of words in all of our daily conversations. Each chapter addresses a different aspect of parenting (e.g. bedtime, mealtime, sibling conflicts, and body conversations) and includes actual scripts and precise language for parents to use to set limits with empathy and to use conversations as opportunities for learning.

Heather Turgeon, MFT, is a psychotherapist who writes about child development and parenting. A science writer for the National Sleep Foundation, she has been published in The New York Times and The Washington Post. She and Julie Wright have a sleep consultation practice and class series based in Los Angeles that is available to families all over the world.

Julie Wright, MFT, is one of Los Angeles's best-known parenting-group leaders and has taught thousands of moms in her popular Wright Mommy and Me program. A licensed psychotherapist, she works with infants, children, and adults, exploring attachment, mindfulness, parenting, and empathic communication. She and Heather Turgeon conduct sleep consultations with parents in the LA area and remotely.

Julie Wright, MFT, is one of Los Angeles’s best-known parenting-group leaders and has taught thousands of moms in her popular Wright Mommy and Me program. A licensed psychotherapist, she works with infants, children, and adults, exploring attachment, mindfulness, parenting, and empathic communication. She and Heather Turgeon conduct sleep consultations with parents in the LA area and remotely.