Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility

Values are passed on to children in two ways: by what our kids see and by what they experience in rela ...

go and do likewise. Being fair with our kids makes them want to be fair to their friends and teacher ...

PEARL 47 Video and Computer Games Just as we are able to control the amount of time our children spend ...

approval); use thoughtful questions to explore your child’s point of view. Ask if you can share your thoughts ...

make a difference in a world of your own creation and that other people would play by your rules. ...

“How could this happen?” worried Jared’s mother. She finally realized that her son ha ...

increases in many of these families as well. Adding to her concern, she learned about documented changes ...

family, she related her disappointment that she didn’t learn about Love and Logic when her children were you ...

PEARL 48 Whining and Complaining It’s ten o’clock in the morning, and Nolan wants a cookie. He knows he can’t ...

We can do the same. Saying, “When your voice sounds like mine, I’ll be glad to talk with you,” add ...

Appendix A — The Three Types of Parents ...

Appendix B — Turn Your Word into Gold: The Art of Enforceable Statements for the Home ...

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Notes For more on being a consultant parent to adolescents, see our book Parenting Teens with Love and ...

Index abandonment, 58 ability. See skills acceptance, 29 , 249 quest for, 39 , 188 accomplishments, 44 , ...

neutralizing, 13 at orders, 71 rebellion and, 76 at self, 85 showing, 92 spanking and, 222 apologies, ...

location of, 147 , 162–63, 173 , 204 , 216 , 229 , 242 modeling. See modeling normal, 203 passive-aggressive, 7 ...

backseat behavior, 104–6, 132–35 challenges, age-appropriate, 48 change, 13 , 64 , 115–16 character, 25 , 2 ...

resistance to, 94–95 rules for giving, 96 about sports, 224 about staying in room, 216–17 thinking about, 75 , ...

excess of, 32 confidence, 23 , 34 , 39 . See also self-confidence consequences, 27 , 34 allowing teaching ...