Parenting Teens With Love And Logic

by Cline, Foster

• ISBN13: 9781576839300
• ISBN10: 1576839303
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-31
• Publisher: Navpress Pub Group

Summary

Parents need to teach their teens how to make decisions responsibly--and do so without going crazy or damaging the relationship. This book empowers parents with the skills and tools necessary to set limits, teach important skills, and encourage decision-making in their teenagers. 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 exp

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition	1	(1)
Introduction	1	(20)
Part 1: Love and Logic Parents Grow Up
1. Teenagers 101: Welcome to Parenting Graduate School	21	(14)
A Disturbing Call	24	(1)
Who's in Charge Here?	25	(1)
A Change of Tactics	26	(1)
Learning Responsibility	27	(1)
The Times They Are a'Changin'	28	(3)
Braving the Challenges of the Millennial Generation	31	(2)
A Reason for Hope	33	(2)
2. Love and Logic Parenting: Will It Work with Teenagers?	35	(18)
Standing on Their Own Two Feet	37	(1)
Helicopter Parents	37	(2)
The Evolution of the Helicopter Parent: The Jet-Powered Attack Model	39	(1)
Drill Sergeant Parents	40	(2)
The Laissez-Faire Parent	42	(1)
The Consultant Parent	43	(5)
The Love and Logic Way	48	(5)
3. Back to the Basics, Part One: Training Teens to Act Responsibly	53	(16)
Basic Self-Concept—Who Am I?	54	(4)
Love and Logic Principle: Responsible Teens Feel Good About Themselves	58	(2)
Love and Logic Principle: Responsibility Is Caught, Not Taught	60	(3)
Love and Logic Principle: Let Teens Own Their Problems and Their Solutions	63	(2)
Love and Logic Principle: Neutralizing Teen Arguing Keeps the Focus on Them	65	(4)
4. Back to the Basics, Part Two: Treating Teenagers as Responsible Adults	69	(24)
Love and Logic Principle: Gaining Control Through Choices	69	(10)
Love and Logic Principle: Sharing Control Through Thinking Words	79	(4)
Love and Logic Principle: Empathy and Sorrow Plus Consequences Equals Success	83	(2)
Love and Logic Principle: Consequences Don't Have to Be Immediate	85	(4)
Love and Logic Principle: Building a Lifelong Relationship	89	(1)
Living on the Edge	90	(3)
Part 2: Living on the Edge: The Wild and Wonderful Challenges of Parenting Teenagers
5. Fasten Your Seat Belt and Enjoy the Ride	93	(16)
Why Parents Should Relax	94	(3)
Some Things Parents Need to Understand	97	(1)
Three Types of Teens	98	(9)
Again, Relax	107	(2)
6. Understanding Teens from the Inside Out: Internal Changes in Adolescence	109	(22)
Changes in Thinking	110	(4)
Physical Changes	114	(3)
Teaching Youths About Sex	117	(8)
Psychological Changes (Changes in Values)	125	(2)
Dealing with Rebellion	127	(2)
Let Them Go and Let Them Grow	129	(2)
7. Understanding Teens from the Outside In: External Changes in Adolescence	131	(18)
The Pressure of Social Change	132	(2)
Different Circumstances, Same Needs	134	(2)
What's Different Today	136	(1)
Pressures from Outside the Home	137	(4)
Riding the Waves of Trends	141	(2)
Pressures from Inside the Home	143	(3)
Save Your Emotional Energy	146	(3)
8. Ready, Set— Off into the Real World	149	(23)
Welcome to the Real World	150	(1)
Techniques for World-Wise Teens	151	(5)
Parenting Perspectives on Real World Readiness	156	(7)
What Love and Logic Is Not	163	(6)
Ready, Set, Go!	169	(3)
Part 3: Love and Logic Parenting Pearls
How to Use Love and Logic Pearls	172	(133)
1. Aggressive Behavior	173	(2)
2. Appearance: Clothing, Hairstyle, and Other Surprises	175	(5)
3. Arguments	180	(3)
4. Back in the Nest: If an Older Child Needs to Move Home	183	(2)
5. Back Talk	185	(4)
6. Cars, Driving, and Catching Rides	189	(4)
7. Church and Synagogue: When Teens Don't Want to Go	193	(3)
8. College Expenses: Who Pays?	196	(2)
9. Crisis Situations	198	(2)
10. Curfews	200	(4)
11. Dating	204	(4)
12. Disrespect	208	(3)
13. Divorce and Visitation	211	(8)
14. Drug or Substance Abuse	219	(4)
15. Eating Disorders	223	(2)
16. Entitlement	225	(4)
17. Friends and Peer Pressure	229	(2)
18. Giving Gifts to Our Adolescents	231	(3)
19. Grades	234	(6)
20. Grounding	240	(2)
21. The Internet	242	(4)
22. Jobs	246	(3)
23. Leadership: Prepare Your Teen to be a Leader	249	(2)
24. Money	251	(4)
25. Mood Swings	255	(2)
26. Music	257	(2)
27. Orders: To Give or Not to Give	259	(3)
28. Parties	262	(4)
29. Professional Help: When to Seek It	266	(2)
30. Runaways	268	(3)
31. Satanism and Religious Cults	271	(3)
32. Sex	274	(4)
33. The Silent Treatment	278	(2)
34. Social and Extracurricular Activities	280	(3)
35. Sports	283	(5)
36. Suicide Threats	288	(2)
37. The Telephone	290	(3)
38. Video and Computer Games	293	(8)
39. Violence: Bullies and Gangs	301	(4)
Notes	305	(2)
Index	307	(10)
Authors	317

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