Think of these as the parenting equivalent of having a good comeback ready before you need it.

Seventeen short phrases you can actually remember ( or get access to quickly on your phone)

in the middle of a sibling fight, when your brain has gone completely blank and your default setting is

"STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU."

They're not magic words. They won't end sibling rivalry forever.

But they give you something better than picking a winner or playing judge and jury for the 47th time this week.

Each one nudges your children to do the actual work themselves, to listen, to learn to compromise, to reset, and to repair.