The Social Years
“All my friends have Instagram.”
What to say
Start with how they're feeling
"I get it. I know you don't want to be the one left out when everybody's talking about something they saw on there."
The rest of the script
There's more to this one.
The other 4 steps are in the app, word for word, including what to say when they push back. You can start free, and there's nothing to download.
Read the rest in the appWhy this matters
Hearing that everyone has Instagram makes your kid feel left out, and most parents either give in or shut the conversation down. I'd rather keep talking about it. You take the feeling seriously, you tell them how the app actually works, and you can still say no without making them feel like something's wrong with them.
The Sunday Script
Get one script like this every Sunday
The words for one hard conversation, in your inbox every Sunday, and a short note once a month. You can stop anytime.
That email doesn’t look right.