Saturday, May 19, 2012

The Trust Card

Originally published 11/08/2006. Teenagers often pull out the trust card defense. It sounds like, “Don’t you trust me?” or “You don’t trust me.” Believe me. When they say this they have something to hide. So the best parental response is, “You’re right. That’s my job. You can trust that I will do everything I can [...]

Some Thoughts on Parenting With Words

Originally published 12/14/05 by the Love and Logic® Institute. Those familiar with Love and Logic know that we’re big on kids learning life’s critical lessons by making lots of affordable mistakes and experiencing the affordable consequences of such mistakes. We’re not so big on trying to teach important lessons through lectures…or lots of words. The [...]