The Trust Card
August 16, 2009 by Kerry Stutzman
Filed under Blog, Keeping Your Cool, Love and Logic™, Parenting Styles, Relationships to Last a Lifetime, Teens, What Do I Do Now?
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
August 16, 2009 by Kerry Stutzman
Filed under Blog, Love and Logic™, Parenting Styles, Relationships to Last a Lifetime, Teens
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 [...]
