For Two Kids and One Tablet

Four lines you can say out loud tonight. Word for word. Free to save.

What to say

1. One tablet, two kids. The timer decides who holds it, not me.

2. Waiting while someone else holds it is the longest ten minutes of your day.

3. Ten minutes each, timer on the coffee table, first turn to whoever had it last.

4. The timer rings and you pass it across yourself. I never take it out of your hands.

When to use it

This is for the moment it actually goes wrong — not the calm version you rehearse in the car. Pick one line. Say it once. Then stop talking and wait three seconds. If they push back, repeat the same line, not a new one. Say the same thing for five nights before you decide it doesn't work.