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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
I don't know what I think about Love and Logic. Maybe I'll read one of their other books. I appreciated the authors' focus on actions over words. My favorite chapter was the one where the parent asks her kids to get out of the car when they're being disrespectful. When they don't, she calls a friend to bring her home. The message is that to get respect, the first rule is to take care of yourself. I wonder how that would work in the classroom.
This book is absolutely full of the most awful advice I’ve ever heard in my life. Outright misogyny. Disgusting.
I had a lot of conflict with this book. Many ideas made sense in my head but my heart did not feel right. Teenagers need to learn responsibility for their actions but they also need loving guidance and occasionally someone to just put them back where they need to be.
This is thankfully much more specific to teens than their generalized kids book. Although it is a bit dated as smart phones have the impact they have today. This was written in 2006 and it hits some of the points about the internet, but could use some updating.
This is one of the better parenting books I have read. There is a lot to be said for the Love and Logic approach to parenting because it forces teens to take responsibility for their own actions and therefore, hopefully, learn from their mistakes and become responsible and accountable adults. The only problem I have with this approach is that sometimes, in serious situations involving things like drugs, alcohol and sex, there are some real, potentially life-threatening dangers that parents need to let their children know about in no uncertain terms. Simply being the "consultant" parent, as authors Fay and Cline suggest, may not send a strong enough message, in my opinion, that there are parental and family expectations that need to be upheld. I do agree with the authors that teens need to be contributing members of the family and they need to be held accountable for their own choices and actions. I also agree that arguing with teens and imposing arbitrary discipline such as grounding are largely ineffective in the long run. Overall, this book has many good ideas and strategies for parenting teens. I wish I had read it and used some of the strategies in the book beginning when my oldest was 13. Recommended for any parent who wants some new ideas on how to maintain family peace and sanity during the teen years.
I liked a lot of things about this book and I think there was some solid advice on ways to better handle difficult situations with teenagers. I wish that there had been a few more real to life scenarios - like I would really rather figure out how to better parent before my child gets arrested. I also think it is going to take way more than one conversation to work through most things with your kids. That being said I appreciated a lot the book had to offer.
While there may be a few things that I find to be a bit extreme in the Love and Logic philosophy, it is generally a wonderful parenting strategy that has served us extremely well over the years. This book gave me some really good ideas and lots to think about concerning parenting strategies with our teenagers and teenagers-to-come.
I kinda wish I'd read it before I had teens, and before I was in freak out mode, but I'm glad I've read it now and intend to get my own copy, fast.
I read an old edition, so it was a bit outdated, but there's some good stuff here.
I don't agree with everything they said, but there are definately some great ideas for helping teens become responsible for themselves.