Parenting With Love And Logic

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.

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.

Foreword to the Second Edition

11

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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

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Authors

271

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