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families have started the habit
Sold around the world.
Trusted by families who want more than small talk.
23
countries bought in
67+
expert contributors
400+
hours of consultation
WHAT'S INSIDE THE STARTER PACK
Each guide is designed for a different part of communicating with your teen, helping your words land, creating space for more open conversation, and supporting reconnection after difficult moments. Together, they give you practical phrases and tools you can use in everyday family life.
PLAYBOOK
Speak-So-It-Sticks
Thirty short phrases designed to make everyday communication feel calmer and easier to receive.
Includes practical language for cooperation, emotional check ins, boundaries, encouragement, and reconnecting after tense moments.
Best used: When reminders, advice, or everyday requests keep turning into resistance.
CHEAT SHEET
Real Talk
Practical conversation starters and follow up phrases that can help make talking feel more natural and less pressured.
Includes the five step "Real Talk Flow", an opening up checklist, and helpful phrases for moments when your teen seems closed off.
Best used: When you are getting one word answers and want to create more room for honest conversation.
FORMULA
Real Apology
A simple three part framework for acknowledging impact, taking responsibility, and inviting reconnection after conflict.
Includes a five line apology script, several trust repair phrases, some common apology mistakes, and the 24 hour follow up approach.
Best used: After you have lost your patience, raised your voice, or said something you regret.
WHY USE THE STARTER PACK
Three tools, one relationship
Staying close to a teenager isn't one skill, it's several - knowing how to reconnect after things go sideways, knowing what to say in the ordinary daily friction, and knowing how to open a door that's mostly staying shut. Most parents only have one of these dialled in, if that. This pack gives you all three, so you're not improvising the other two when you need them.
Small language, consistent use
None of these tools ask for a big sit-down talk. They're short phrases and short scripts you can use in the car, at dinner, in passing - the kind of moments that actually make up most of a week with a teenager. Used consistently, they shift the tone of the relationship more than any single conversation could.
Built to be used
Each printable is designed to sit somewhere visible - on a fridge, in a car door pocket, folded in a drawer - so the language is there when you need it, not buried in a download folder. The goal isn't to memorize a script, it's to have one on hand until it becomes natural.
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Immediately after purchase you'll receive an email with download links for all four PDFs. You can read them on your phone or tablet, save them to your camera roll, or print them at home.
Each tool draws on a specific, practical framework — a 3-part structure for repair, a "what not to say / what lands instead" phrase-swap model, and a checklist for the conditions that make teens more likely to open up. They're simplified applications of ideas used in family therapy, not a substitute for professional support.
These guides focus on what you can control: your language, tone, and timing. The Real Talk Cheat Sheet specifically addresses the "closed door phase" - it won't force a conversation open, but it gives you low-pressure ways to keep the door available so they come back to it on their terms.
Start with whichever one matches what's happening right now - repair after a blow-up, everyday phrasing that isn't landing, or a teen who's gone quiet. They're built to work together over time, but each one stands on its own.
The phrases will feel awkward the first few times - that's normal for any new pattern. The guides acknowledge this. Stick with it through two or three attempts before deciding it doesn't fit. Most parents report the awkwardness fades quickly once they see the response from their teenager.
Currently these are digital-only, which means instant access and no waiting. You can print them yourself at home.
As these are digital products, we're unable to offer refunds once downloaded. If you have a problem accessing your files, contact us at support@talkingpointcards.com and we'll sort it out.
Immediately after purchase you'll receive an email with download links for all three PDFs. You can read them on your phone or tablet, save them to your camera roll, or print them at home. Because of that, there is no shipping time or fees!
OVER ONE MILLION FAMILIES STRENGTHENED