Children and Lying: When Parents Don’t Know What Their Child’s Behavior Was
In last week’s blog, we looked situations when the parent knew that the child was lying. As kids grow up, parents are more likely to encounter situations when a parent...
Children and Lying: When You Know What They Did
George Washington might have said, "I cannot tell a lie. I chopped down the cherry tree," but I'm not sure about that. Humans have an inborn tendency to lie to...
Quick and Easy Classroom Intervention Strategies
Teachers continue to face many new challenges in the classroom. In fact, some reports suggest that currently over 75% of teachers report frequent job-related stress. Love and Logic can help...
Turn Your Words Into Gold
Many parents try to set limits with their kids by using unenforceable statements. Although these might seem like a good idea at the time, unenforceable statements usually do not result...
The Three Rules of Consultant Parenting
This week a parent called us and described herself as a helicopter parent and her husband as a drill sergeant parent. She had heard about Love and Logic from a...
Why Are My Kids Acting Worse?
In recent weeks, many parents have called us in desperation, wondering why their kids are not responding immediately to Love and Logic techniques, and even acting worse. This unresponsiveness in...
Are You Having Trouble with Your Kids Brushing Their Teeth?
Some time ago a couple came to me and described the trouble they used to have getting their four-year-old son, Liam, to brush his teeth. Each morning, one of them...
Teaching Life Skills During the Holidays
Problems always seem to arise more frequently during holiday seasons and these invariably create stress for everyone involved. Kids often present many more problems to their parents during this time,...
