Say this, not that

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Today, I’m going to talk about words and phrases, and then ask for your help.

I used to work for the company that ran the Scary Mommy website. We ran an article once by Leigh Anderson, in which she proposed banning the phrase “Can’t you just…” from parenting conversations.

Imagine: A mom or dad (probably a mom; this was Scary Mommy after all) is venting …