Love & Logic


Parenting. By far the hardest thing I've ever done. The lil' buggers just keep on changing, so as soon as we think we've got something working, it doesn't work anymore!


Before we even adopted our kids, we were required to read "Parenting With Love and Logic" by Cline and Fay. It had a lot of really great parenting philosophies, but at the time we didn't even have kids!


12 years later we're reading "Parenting TEENS With Love & Logic" and have been discussing it with each other.


Initial applications for me -


  • children will become what you call them. (If you call him or her a liar, guess what kind of behavior you'll get??)

  • children love to push your buttons - at some level it gives them joy to see you frustrated. My job is to deny them this joy!

  • children need to face the natural consequences of their actions. Good parents don't save their kids. Bad parents do.


Lots more to learn, that's for sure!!

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