
Words My Child Needs to Hear Today Notepad
$12.99
Speak Life Into Your Children's Hearts
You know your words matter. You see it in their eyes when you speak encouragement in how they stand a little taller, smile a little brighter. You also see it when your words are harsh in how they shrink back, withdraw, or harden their hearts.
You want to speak life. But in the chaos of daily parenting, the wrong words slip out so easily.
The Words My Child Needs to Hear Today Notepad is your Christ-centered tool for choosing grace-filled, life-giving words before you speak, transforming your communication from reactive to intentional.
What Makes This Notepad Special
Designed for Mothers Who Want to Speak Life
Dimensions: Compact 5.5" x 6" size—perfectly portable for keeping on your kitchen counter, tucking in your purse, or storing near your child's room. Small enough to feel manageable in your busy day, spacious enough for meaningful preparation.
Paper Quality: High-quality paper that’s smooth and easy to write on. No bleed-through, no smudging, just smooth, quality paper that makes priority-setting feel like a sacred practice.
Page Count: 50 tear-off sheets for 50 intentional conversations. That's nearly two months of choosing life-giving words over reactive responses.
A Framework Rooted in Scripture
"Let your speech always be gracious..." – Colossians 4:6
Your words should be seasoned with grace, not driven by frustration or impatience. You have the power to speak life or death into your children's hearts. The layout guides you through three essential areas of intentional communication:
1. Today's Encouragement Focus
Before you speak, you choose what your child needs to hear most today. This section helps you identify the specific encouragement their heart is hungry for. It helps you move from generic praise to targeted, meaningful encouragement that addresses your child's specific needs.
2. Speaking Life
This section provides six powerful sentence starters that help you speak truth, love, and grace into your child's heart. Each statement includes a parenthetical reminder of what you're communicating. This can help you speak with intention and biblical truth.
3. Mom's Heart Check
Before you speak to your child, you examine your own heart. This section helps you choose patience, gentleness, and wisdom over reactivity. Take a moment to pause between your emotions and your words. This isn an important time when you invite the Holy Spirit to guide your communication.
How to Use This Notepad
For Preparing Difficult Conversations:
Before you address misbehavior, poor choices, or challenging attitudes, fill out a page. This helps you speak with grace and truth rather than anger and frustration.
For Daily Encouragement:
Each morning, identify what your child needs to hear today and prepare specific words of life. This transforms your parenting from reactive to proactive.
For Repairing After Harsh Words:
When you've spoken harshly, use this notepad to prepare a grace-filled apology and redirection. Model repentance and intentional communication.
For Building Your Child's Identity:
Use the "Speaking Life" section to regularly affirm who your child is in Christ, what you notice about their character, and how God designed them uniquely.
For Combating Comparison:
When your child struggles with comparison or insecurity, use this tool to prepare words that anchor their identity in God's truth rather than performance or appearance.
For Strengthening Connection:
Regular use of this notepad trains you to notice the good, speak encouragement, and build emotional connection with your children.
For Personal Growth:
The "Mom's Heart Check" section helps you grow in self-control, patience, and gentleness—fruits of the Spirit that transform your parenting.
Tuck It Anywhere:
Keep it on your kitchen counter for quick reference. Store it in your bedroom for preparing bedtime conversations. Slip it in your purse for encouragement on the go. The portable size fits seamlessly into your parenting life.
Why You Need This
You don't have to keep reacting with harsh words you later regret. You don't have to wonder if you're speaking life or death into your children's hearts.
With this notepad, you'll have:
✅ A biblical framework for grace-filled communication
✅ Sentence starters that help you speak life intentionally
✅ A heart-check that creates space between emotion and words
✅ Targeted encouragement that meets your child's specific needs
✅ A tool that transforms reactive parenting into intentional discipleship
This is a tool for mothers who know their words carry weight. For those who want to speak life but need help in the heat of the moment. For women who believe that gracious speech can shape their children's hearts for a lifetime.
Perfect For
✅ Mothers who struggle with harsh words and want to grow in grace-filled communication
✅ Parents navigating challenging behaviors who need to correct with love rather than anger
✅ Those who want to build their children's identity in Christ through intentional encouragement
✅ Moms who react quickly and need a tool to create pause before speaking
✅ Anyone who wants to speak life into their children's hearts daily
✅ Gift-givers looking for a meaningful, faith-centered gift for Mother's Day, baby showers, or encouragement
Your words have power. They can build up or tear down. Encourage or discourage. Speak life or death.
The Words My Child Needs to Hear Today Notepad gives you the framework, the sentence starters, and the heart-check to choose grace-filled, life-giving words before you speak.
One intentional conversation at a time.
One life-giving word at a time.
One gracious response at a time.
Because death and life are in the power of the tongue, and your children need to hear life from you today.
🌿 Want a Customizable Canva Template Instead?
If you live outside the US or want to personalize the design, you can purchase the editable Canva template version of this notepad. With the digital version, you can:
Edit text, colors, and layout
Print at home or through your local print shop
Create multiple customized versions
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