Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility

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Summary: Solid common-sense discipline.
Review: An excellent book of ideas on how to raise responsible, capable young people. Gives you the ideas you need to let your children learn the skills necessary for becoming fine young adults. I think this book is best for older children (over 10) who are basically good kids. If you have an older one out of control I'd suggest Parent in Control by Greg Bodenhamer. For the younger set (under 10) I'd read Perfect Parenting and/or Kid Cooperation by Elizabeth Pantley

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Summary: Single most important parenting help I have ever found
Review: This book may initally seem like one more of the give your kids some choices books and thus put the reader off. I found that once you put into practice the advice the authors give, it is anything but let the kid choose the least painful path. This book promotes the concept of consequences of actions. Ie: It is better to let your child fall off the couch and experience that pain and potential hurt than it is to protect them from it, and thereby encourage them to climb up on the roof and fall off of that. In this world of so many choices, with so many frightening consequences, I found that arming my children with the ability to truly make their own decesions based on the consequences of their actions has helped me to trust them so much more and to worry so much less. This book promotes a parenting style that is difficult to carry out, but once you get the hang of it, it is invaluable in your dealings with all children, not just your own. Example? "Bobby, you may choose to do the art project with the sunday school class or you may choose to go sit with your parents in the service. Which do you choose?" Guess what? Bobby chooses to do the art project, he has not been punished, his choices were not awful, they were the reality of his life, he was in control of his decesion and he lived within the boundaries of it. This is important for each person's life. This book teaches parents the skills to raise responsible children, and children the skills to evaluate wise choices. It is invaluable. Personally, I have purchased approximately 7 copies of this book, to give away to new parents. If you are looking for an excellent parenting text, you cannot go wrong with this book.

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Summary: Want to take back control of your home? Read this book!
Review: This book gave us so many easy tools for handling our 3 high-spirited boys. The discipline (I don't like to even use that term) techniques given here are easy to remember and encourage the child to take responsibility for their own decisions and actions. Imagine a six year old boy telling you that he is going to get dressed on time for school EVERY day, and doing it! After weeks of dragging my kids into the car every morning, I got relief from the morning battle, and I didn't have to give any lectures, threats or warnings. Imagine! You, too, can achieve this. Read this book. P.S. The tapes are fun to listen to. Marra-Lynn Rodriguez

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Summary: This is a book that I will refer to again and again
Review: Allowing my children to make their own choices and then take the responsibility and consequences for their actions has really simplified my life. I find myself thinking several times a day "What effect does this problem have on me?" when the answer is nothing I can now leave it for my children to solve. Bedtime and homework have become virtually painless for all of us.

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Summary: I was disappointed.
Review: I wish I would have never purchased this book. I was disappointed in the lack of alternatives to spanking and the suggestion to spank such young children.

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Summary: This book has helped me with my three year old.
Review: Although a lot of the situations and solutions are geared toward older children, I am glad I found this book now. My son is three and already I find myself involved in power struggles with him. This book has given me an effective way to deal with it. The idea of giving kids choices may seem ridiculous, but it really does work. Now I feel I'm on the way to having a better relationship with my child and am preparing him for the future. I recommend the book to anyone with kids.

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Summary: IF YOUR KIDS ARE UNCONTROLLABLE....
Review: Some of the advice sounds cheesy, but when you try it, it works. Imagine having a 2 year old that BEHAVES. Follow the advice with your kids and you will notice a substantial improvement. Recently we entered a store and I told my son that it was a "hands off store." Another shopper scoffed "Yeah, that will work." I felt very smug when I said "It does." He didn't touch a thing in the 2 hours we were there. I never would have expected this from a 2 year old. BUY THE BOOK.

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Summary: It saved my son's life
Review: This book was recommended to me by my son's psychiatrist. At the time he was 15, has ADHD, Bipolar manic depression, OCS and many other things as well. This book opened my eyes to see that I had been doing too much for my son for too many years. I immediately put what I read into action and with in a week I could see a huge difference in both of us. All the advise in this book made so much sense to me. It was hard to let go and make him take the responcibility for himself, but it was the best thing I could have ever done for him. I owe all that to this book. The people I read about in each chapter was like reading about my own family. Dr. Kline and Mr Fay have hit the nail on the head perfectly with this book. My only regret is that I didn't read it sooner!

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Summary: This book is a MUST HAVE for all Parents!
Review: This book really opened my eyes about a better way to present things to my kids. Offering them choices really does make a difference. I wish I had read this book sooner!

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Summary: When you need help, this book gives you hope.
Review: Unfortunately, you have to wade through a lot of self promotion of the concepts in the first half of the book. There is some help there, but you have to wade through tired old stories to get to the gems if you are already familiar with love and logic. The second half of the book "parenting pearls" is helpful, but I wish it had more scenarios.