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Our book club read Parenting with Love and Logic for the month of June. Here's the little blurb about the book:
"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 growing their character.Of all the parenting books I've read this one probably falls closest to my parenting philosophy. I really loved this book and it gave me pause and really made me think about how I approach communicating with and disciplining my children. The one thing I have to say though is that it takes quite a bit of effort and it takes some serious personal discipline to always respond to your children without any charged emotion. I also think there are instances that I don't know that I agree that just natural consequences are enough. One thing that I really loved though was learning to listen more and give options instead of unwittingly forcing my will on my children. I value them learning how to make good decisions; it's just hard to always put it in practice. I've noticed when I am more consistent in being calm and giving my son options that his melt downs are less frequent, so the book definitely has practical use.
Establish healthy control through easy-to-implement steps without anger, threats, nagging, or power struggles.
Indexed for easy reference."
That sounds like a great book. will have to try that sometime.
ReplyDeleteI took a series of classes for this book. I loved it. The one thing I liked the most was giving a child two choices. Letting them feel powerful in taking a part in what is happening to them but at the same time keeping what they are doing still in your control. It even works on husbands too, LOL!
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