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Title: Parenting With Love and Logic : Teaching Children Responsibility by Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay ISBN: 0-89109-311-7 Publisher: Navpress Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 (68 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Parents: It's not only the message, it's your delivery
Comment: Love and Logic is a great tool! I have seen Jim Fay in person. He is a wise and humorous man. The combination of information provided in this parenting book is extremely useful. Some of the methods used are simply replacing commonly used phrases : "You are not going anywhere until your room is clean!" to a phrase such as, "Anyone that has clean room is welcome to play outside." The method also emphasizes the parent allowing the child to begin making choices from a young age. The parent offers different choices for their child, allowing the child to have the opportunity of taking part in the decision making process.
Do not be mislead into thinking this is soft-parenting. Fay and Cline also believe that children must have boundaries and consequences for their actions. They suggest natural consequences, one in the consequence is related to the choice that the child made. The book gives various scenarios of logical consequences.
I borrowed the book from a friend, and then purchased the audio-book. I enjoyed the audio-book although there are times that the delivery of the dialogue in the first tape seems patronizing. Don't be turned off by the delivery of that first tape! The book is full fantastic suggestions that make life easier.
If you have the opportunity to see Jim or Charles Fay in person, GO! They are not patronizing at all. Jim Fay will have you laughing so much at times, and you leave feeling extremely energized.
Rating: 5
Summary: Love and Logic approach works for discerning parents
Comment: This approach to parenting children is very effective for the parent who has the experiences and/or intelligence to gain control over their own emotions. The principles found in the Love and Logic series are excellent for raising responsible children in an irresponsible society. The promotion of spanking as a technique has been reversed by the Love and Logic Institute since this book was written - and that is good. The pearls offer practical interventions to common parenting challenges. However, if you are a parent who does not have the time or ability to think and fit the discipline to the personality of your child - this book could frustrate you. Many parents are looking for a script to follow throughout the life of their child. This text gives examples of principles to use. I am a marriage and family psychologist and recommend this book often. It is a great resource for most parents.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not for my family
Comment: Parenting with love and Logic was extremely disappointing to me. I am in the process filling out adoption paperwork for a special needs child. the ideas of (as examples stated in this book) putting my child in the basement when they are having a tantrum and harming themselves, or of denying my child supper because he neglected to feed the cat by 5 PM (on the basis of "Mommy feeds 3 mouths. Since you didn't feed the cat, tonight those 3 mouths are Mommy, Daddy and the cat) are appalling. Many examples involved enlisting friends who would be willing to follow your children home after you put them out of the car, were willing to stay overnight at your home (after your child's waking you up in the middle of the night prompted you and your spouse to go to a hotel) or to hang around the store/mall waiting to see if your child would misbehave, so you could call them and have them take the child home. This book operates on the assumption that children are "Miniature Adults" and if that's your theory as well, perhaps this book will be of value to you.
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