Love and Logic
by Annie Smith
February 23, 2008
No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship!"
-James Comer-
Would you like to learn more on setting good firm limits?
Would you like for your child/adolescent to respect your authority?
Love and Logic is a helpful tool that may provide the answers your looking for. Love and Logic provides simple and practical techniques to help teachers and parents have less stress and more fun while raising responsible kids. Please find this tip provided by Love and Logic useful, as it provides techniques that you can begin experimenting with immediately. To learn more about the philosophy of Love and Logic please visit their website at www.loveandlogic.com.
Is It Okay to Have a
Parenting Pet Peeve?
If you're like about 99% of us, you have at least one thing that
you feel so strongly about that you can't bear to see your kids do
it. I'm not talking about huge things like sex, drugs, or gangs.
It's our job to take a stand on these issues. What I'm talking
about here is much littler stuff, like them making popping sounds
with their gum, wearing their hats inside, rolling their eyes,
saying "like" like a lot, wanting long hair, letting their rooms
resemble the local landfill, etc.
There's nothing wrong with having a parenting pet peeve or two.
That is, as long as you aren't attempting to micromanage or control
your kids over every issue.
What's my advice? Share plenty of control in the form of small
choices. "Do you want juice or milk?" or "Do you want to do your
chores now or in fifteen minutes?" are good examples. In our
CD Avoiding Power Struggles
With Kids, we teach that
the more choices like these you give, the more likely your child
will comply when you say, "I know this may sound uptight to you,
but I'd really like you to do this. Thanks!"
Thanks for reading.
Dr. Charles Fay
