Unable to Accentuate the Positive

An article titled "Use These Positive Phrases to Avoid Conflict With Your Kids" [<a href="https://lifehacker.com/use-these-positive-parenting-phrases-to-avoid-conflict-1846972139" rel="noopener">https://lifehacker.com/use-these-positive-parenting-phrases-to-avoid-conflict-1846972139</a>] got us talking about how positive parenting is one of those "sounds great in theory" ideas that is not exactly easy to implement in the real world, with real kids and real parents.