Parenting With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility

Using the tools and techniques of Love and Logic when raising children is a parent’s best ...

unlikely Aidan will look into Dad’s eyes and coo, “Great parenting style, Dad.” No, he will proba ...

LOVE AND LOGIC TIP 21 The Brain Drain Children are going to fight the choices we give them. Rare are the ...

Repeat the choices over and over again. Don’t get angry. Stick to your guns, and your brai ...

Rules for Giving Choices In summary, as we offer choices to our kids, we should remember five basic points: ...

7 The Recipe for Success: Empathy with Consequences My child, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be ...

“Yeah,” they said, “we can handle that.” “Rule one,” Jim said, “is that from eight o’clock on is private t ...

It took Charlie one night to learn a lesson Jim had spent years trying to teach him. And it happened b ...

we swear. Punishments don’t happen in the real world unless crimes are committed. When people are punished ...

you’ll be good? Or are you going to keep goofing off at the table?” “No, I won’t do it anymore. I’ll ...

as parents. They’re exactly the things we don’t want to happen to our children. Dylan gets cold when ...

note is to explain why you were absent from school. But you know I only write notes for you when you’re ...

at 5:00, no Jordan. When I went at 10:00, I waited three minutes and then started to drive away. As ...

Aaron misses dinner because he didn’t do his chores on time. ANGRY WORDS: “Of course you’re hungry! I bet you wo ...

Mom has had enough of it. The next time they were about to go shopping, Mom said, “The ...

be bought with the following words: • “I’m not sure what to do about this right now, but I ...

laugh and comment. Yet I never knew if the Love and Logic principles were sinking in with him until on ...

impeding the logic of the consequences from doing their thing. The child’s anger would be directe ...

• “Oh, no, I’m glad that’s not my paper (report card, grade, late assignment, specific problem). Yo ...

going to do.” So far so good. Michelle had the control she needed, and Brianne, with all her thinking, was owning ...