The Parents' Phrase Book: Hundreds of Easy, Useful Phrases, Scripts, and Techniques for Every Situation

"Children can be like a foreign country, and this is the phrase book and guide book that adults need to navigate that landscape sensitively and effectively." - Catherine Connors, Editor-in-Chief, Disney Interactive Family

"The Parents' Phrase Book shares [Whit's] helpful insight into parenting in a way that is thought-provoking, heartwarming, and always entertaining." - Ed Sanders, TV Host (Owner's Manual, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition)

"Whit is...high on my list of people to ask for advice if I wasn't sure how to deal with a parenting issue." - Matt Blum, Editor-in-Chief, GeekDad.com

"The Parents' Phrase Book is the go-to guide...for the wild rollercoaster known as parenting." - Mike Adamick, Author of Dad's Book of Awesome Projects; MikeAdamick.com

"No matter how much we study and experiment, our best efforts as parents get lost in translation.... This book is the closest thing we have to a 'Dead Sea Scrolls' for parenting." - Charlie Capen, Author of The Guide to Baby Sleep Positions; HowToBeADad.com

Focusing on the benefits of social and emotional learning, The Parents' Phrase Book, helps navigate conversations with empathy, logic and kindness. Written by Whit Honea, a dad whose advice has appeared on BabyCenter, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Mom.me, NPR, CNN, ESPN and Huffington Post, among others, this valuable guide provides you with the key language and tactics you will need to deal with a variety of parenting situations. Inside, Honea explains why his approach helps to resolve issues and why so many of the parenting phrases you often hear may actually encourage children to misbehave. From tackling sibling rivalry to racism, the death of a loved one to handling bullies at school, The Parents' Phrase Book will help you connect with your child and address even the toughest parenting dilemmas.

Whit Honea is an advocate of social and emotional learning, and co-founder of the philanthropic organization Dads 4 Change. His parent-centric writing can be found at Fandango, GeekDad, Disney, Today, Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, City DadsGroup, The Washington Post, BabyCenter and several other popular publications. He has appeared on NPR, ESPN, CNN, Hallmark Channel and in The Atlantic, among other outlets, as a resource for parents and educators. Deemed "the activist dad" by UpWorthy and one of the"funniest dads on Twitter" by Mashable, Whit has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and is the 2015 winner of the Iris Award for Best Writing. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, their two sons and lots of pets. He loves a good hat.