In a recent Cyber Safety Cop webinar, Overcoming objections: what to do when your child says “no!”, Clayton Cranford focused on one of the most common and exhausting challenges families face around screens: why simple boundaries can quickly turn into resistance, arguments, and emotional standoffs.

Not by telling parents to be softer. Not by giving up authority. But by using negotiation-based strategies that help move families from power struggles to cooperation. Drawing from his background as a former Sergeant, Crisis Negotiator, and School Resource Officer, he unpacked why these battles escalate in the first place and how parents can respond in ways that lower defensiveness and build buy-in.

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