Parenting the Love and Logic Way®
Six-Session Course Outline
Session Six: Teaching Kids to Complete Chores Without Reminders and Without Pay
♦ Steps for getting resistant kids to do chores
♦ What to do if our kids refuse or forget to do them
♦ Why chores help kids feel loved and needed
♦ Why it's better to call chores "contributions"
Session One: Putting an End to Arguing Back Talk and Begging
♦ Neutralizing arguing
♦ The importance of relationships
♦ Parents as the most powerful and the most loving people
Session Two: Teaching Responsibility without Losing Their Love
♦ How to help our kids learn from their mistakes rather than repeating them
♦ What to do when we can't think of a logical consequence
♦ How to discipline our children without losing their love
Session Three: Setting Limits without Waging War
♦ The secret to setting enforceable limits
♦ How to teach kids to listen the first time we ask
♦ A powerful technique for very young children
Session Four: Avoiding Power-Struggles
♦ Avoid un-winnable power-struggles
♦ Maintain healthy control over our homes
♦ Help our kids learn to resist peer pressure and other temptations
Session Five: Guiding Kids to Own and Solve Their Problems
♦ How to guide our kids toward owning and solving their problems
♦ Why this gives the gift of self-esteem and personal responsibility
♦ What to say when they encounter teasing, bullying and other tough problems