Parenting With Love And Logic

by Cline, Foster

• ISBN13: 9781576839546
• ISBN10: 1576839540
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-05
• Publisher: NAVPRES

Summary

This parenting book shows you how to raise self-confident, motivated children who are ready for the real world. Learn how to parent effectively while teaching your children responsibility, and you'll establish healthy control without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles. Indexed for easy reference.

Author Biography

FOSTER W. CLINE, M.D. is an internationally recognized psychiatrist. He is a consultant to mental health organizations, parents groups, and schools across North America. He specialized in working with difficult children.

JIM FAY has thirty-one years on experience as an educator ans school principal. He is recognized as one of America's top educational consultants ans has won many awards in the educational field. He successfully guided his three children through their childhood and teen years using love and logic.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition	11	(2)
Introduction	13	(4)
Part 1: The Love and Logic Parent
1. Parenting: Joy or Nightmare?	17	(4)
Are We Having Fun Yet?	19	(1)
Putting the Fun Back into Parenting	20	(1)
2. Mission Possible: Raising Responsible Kids	21	(14)
Ineffective Parenting Styles	23	(4)
The Effective Parenting Style of Love and Logic	27	(1)
The Paradox of Success and Failure	28	(2)
Learning at Affordable Prices	30	(2)
To Protect Them Is Not to Love Them	32	(1)
Responsibility Cannot Be Taught	33	(2)
3. Responsible Children Feel Good About Themselves	35	(16)
I Am What I Think You Think I Am	36	(2)
The Three-Legged Table of Self-Concept	38	(6)
The Difference Between Praise and Encouragement	44	(2)
Positive Self-Esteem Comes from Accomplishment	46	(2)
If We're Happy, They're Happy	48	(3)
4. Children's Mistakes Are Their Opportunities	51	(14)
Mother, Please, I'd Rather Do It Myself	52	(2)
You Have Your Troubles, I Have Mine	54	(2)
The Two Rules of Love and Logic	56	(5)
Problem, Problem, Who Owns the Problem?	61	(4)
5. Setting Limits Through Thinking Words	65	(14)
Building Walls That Don't Crumble	66	(3)
How to Talk to a Child	69	(2)
The Threat Cycle	71	(3)
We'd Rather They Think Than Fight	74	(2)
Mean What You Say, and Say What You Mean	76	(3)
6. Gaining Control Through Choices	79	(18)
Parenting Just Gets More and More Curious	80	(1)
The Right Dose of Control	81	(2)
Waging a Winnable War with Choices	83	(6)
The Bad Boy in Burger King: A Case Study on Winning a Control Battle	89	(6)
Choose Your Choices Carefully	95	(2)
7. The Recipe for Success: Empathy with Consequences	97	(12)
Hurting from the Inside Out	99	(1)
Naturally Occurring Consequences	100	(3)
Imposing Consequences	103	(1)
Consequences Don't Have to Be Immediate	104	(2)
It's the Empathy That Counts	106	(3)
8. Lights, Camera, Parenting! 109 Practice, Practice, Practice	109	(10)
What Love and Logic Is Not	111	(5)
It's Never Too Late to Start	116	(3)
Part 2: Love and Logic Parenting Tools
How to Use Love and Logic Pearls	119	(138)
1. Allowances/Money	120	(3)
2. Anger: When It's Appropriate	123	(2)
3. Bedtime	125	(3)
4. Bossiness	128	(2)
5. Bullies	130	(2)
6. Car Wars: Backseat Battles	132	(4)
7. Chores	136	(3)
8. Church: When Kids Don't Want to Go	139	(2)
9. Creativity	141	(3)
10. Crisis Situations	144	(3)
11. Discipline 101	147	(4)
12. Discipline in Public	151	(2)
13. Divorce and Visitation	153	(8)
14. Eating and Table Manners	161	(3)
15. Entitlement	164	(4)
16. Fears and Monsters	168	(2)
17. Fighting	170	(3)
18. Friends	173	(2)
19. Getting Ready for School	175	(4)
20. Giving Gifts	179	(3)
21, Grades, Underachievement, and Report Cards	182	(5)
22. Grandparents	187	(3)
23. Homework	190	(2)
24. "I'm Bored" Routine	192	(2)
25. The Internet	194	(4)
26. Lying and Dishonesty	198	(2)
27. Nasty Looks and Negative Body Language	200	(3)
28. Pacifiers	203	(2)
29. Peer Pressure	205	(3)
30. Pet Care	208	(2)
31. Picking Up Belongings	210	(3)
32. Professional Help: When to Seek It	213	(1)
33. The Room: Keeping It Clean	214	(2)
34. The Room: Keeping the Kid in It	216	(3)
35. Sassing and Disrespect	219	(2)
36. Spanking	221	(2)
37. Sports	223	(4)
38. Stealing	227	(2)
39. Swearing and Bad Language	229	(2)
40. Teacher and School Problems	231	(2)
41. Teeth Brushing	233	(2)
42. Telephone Interruptions	235	(3)
43. Television Watching	238	(3)
44. Temper Tantrums	241	(2)
45. Toilet Training	243	(2)
46. Values: Passing Them On to Your Kids	245	(3)
47. Video and Computer Games	248	(6)
48. Whining and Complaining	254	(3)
Appendix A The Three Types of Parents	257	(1)
Appendix B Turn Your Word into Gold: The Art of Enforceable Statements for the Home	258	(3)
Notes	261	(2)
Index	263	(8)
Authors	271

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