Try This Instead: I Was Raised On Knuck If You Buck, So Pray With Me Don't Play With Me: Language Swaps For Educators, Parents & Grown Folks Who Are Trying

by Jasmine Starr

Working with people—especially kids, teens, and grown folks who think they know everything—will test your peace, your patience, and your professionalism.

And honestly? Some days you need more than deep breaths and soft eyes.

You need language.



In this 3-in-1 special edition of the Try This Instead series, Jasmine Starr gives you the phrases, mindset shifts, and real-talk reminders that help you respond with care—when all you really want to do is walk out mid-meeting.



Whether you’

calming a toddler tantrum,holding it together through a teenager’s side-eye, ortryna parent without repeating cycles you’re still healing from—

This book is your toolkit, your pep talk, and your boundary-setting blueprint.



Because you don’t have to match energy to hold power.

You don’t have to choose between love and limits.

You just need words that work—and a little space to breathe.

32 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 20, 2025

About the author

I'm an author of BDSM themed erotica, I write series shorts because they are fun. When I'm not writing or reading erotica I love to travel. I'm a married homemaker living in the Northeast and taking this existence one day at a time.