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What is Love and Logic?
It is a philosophy used by teachers
and parents to teach children about responsibility. This
means providing consistent firm loving guidance without
yelling, threatening or needing to resort to corporal
punishment. When I first came across Love and Logic I
didn’t believe it either! The more I learned though and
the more I applied it with my own child and the children
I treated in therapy I was amazed. That was in 1998 and
I’ve been using it ever since and teaching it since 1999
to parents all over the Triangle and beyond.
Dr. Foster Cline and Jim Fay, developed and ways of
responding to children to minimize on power struggles
and cause children to think about the consequences of
their own choices on themselves. The basic premises are
that adults take good care of themselves, set firm
loving limits with children, allow kids to make lots of
mistakes while they are young and the stakes are low,
and apply big doses of empathy before imposing
consequences. We share the control that we don’t need by
giving children age appropriate choices. Then we pray
they will mess up enough to learn from the consequences
their choices (or behavior) generate.
People often tell me this will never work with my child,
she is too stubborn and won’t listen to me unless I yell
or spank her. On the contrary, these strategies were
designed to use with some of the most defiant and
behavior disordered children because of their propensity
for power struggles. So using them with our everyday
bundles of energy is a sure win/win. Remember it is not
about changing the children; it is about changing how we
respond so that we get a totally different response from
them. Then the whole dynamic is turned on its head. We
learn how to send the unspoken message to our kids, ”No
problem, I can handle you without breaking a sweat.” We
do this by learning the Love and Logic strategies and
when to employ them: choices, enforceable statements,
one-liners to avoid arguing and the empathy to let them
feel the consequences of their own actions.
In Love and Logic the Logic is designed to make
children think about what will happen to them if they do
something. The Love helps to deliver that message
right into their little hearts not to be forgotten.
Since all children either are, or will be teenagers, it
is never too soon to have them wondering, “What will
happen to me if I do this?” This philosophy is very
respectful of children and adults alike by affording us
the opportunity to be responsible for both our messes
and our successes. We learn how to determine whether a
problem belongs to the child, or the adult in charge,
and how to proceed accordingly with strategies that
teach thinking and problem solving skills from an early
age. It puts the fun back into parenting because we wind
up having energy to spare at the end of the day to enjoy
our families. It also teaches how to share the right
types and amounts of control with children so that they
have some say over the things that affect only them
while we remain in charge of the decisions affecting the
household! Love and Logic teaches us how to be
consultant parents that provide appropriate guidance to
kids without rescuing them or domineering over them,
both of which deprive children of valuable opportunities
to use their thinking caps. And when they just want to
argue for the entertainment value we have solutions for
that too!
Another area where Love and Logic provides guidance is
in co-parenting, blended family parenting and when
grandparents are doing the bulk of the parenting.
You can peruse the
Love and Logic Website for catalogues of books,
CD’s, DVD’s. They have oodles of great resources. A few
of my favorites are “From Innocence to Entitlement”,
“Hormones and Wheels”, “Rebuilding Trust”, “Parenting
with Love and Logic”, “Shaping Self Concept” and
“Grandparenting with Love and Logic”.
The Love and Logic Institute often gives my name to
folks in this area as one of their approved trainers so
feel free to check my reference with them. I can coach
you individually, or you can join a scheduled class. I
can always put together a class for you at your
worksite, or your neighborhood, church or club. Let me
know your interests and questions. I’d love to be able
to help you put the fun back into your parenting. Please
check the calendar for ongoing classes or call me at 919
304-5754. I’ll be happy to return your call as soon as I
can!
Love and Logic Phone
Consultations
with Miriam Lieberman, MA, LPCS $75.00 per hour
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Summer Support
Group for Parents
Facilitated by Miriam
Lieberman, MA, LPCS
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Triangle Pastoral Counseling, Inc.
312 W. Millbrook Ste. 109
Raleigh, NC 27609
919 845-9977 ext 207
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Cost: $30.00 per person or $50.00 for co-parents
This support group is available to parents who are
using the Love and Logic Parenting Philosophy and want
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Call Miriam Lieberman at 919 845-9977 ext 207 or
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Parenting with Love and Logic is a curriculum
that helps parents be authorities in the home without
becoming drill sergeants or helicopters to our kids. It
is about taking good care of ourselves by allowing
children to own more of their decisions (the good ones
and the bad ones) so that our empathy and the
consequences do the teaching. It helps us enjoy our
families by building respectful relationships and
creating a sense of belonging and responsibility in
children. We deserve support as parents in this ever
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