I Should Have Eaten My Dinner

Another success story shared about how kids learn best from Empathy and Experience. My 3 year old daughter is a fussy eater.  We told her, ” You need to take 3 more bites.” She said “No” and tried to manipulate us into feeding her, changing our minds, changing food… We decided to use our new Love and [...]

I Want the Big Cookie

How do you hold the limit firm and stay calm, especially when the child throws a tantrum in protest?  Read the skills this mom used and the happy ending…… When I grocery shop with my 4 year old daughter, I let her pick a small cookie from the top 2 rows of the shelf. This [...]

Does Love and Logic work 18 mo old kids?

After taking the classes this mom reported how she implemented the skills with her daughter.  Thanks for sharing….. My 18-month-old daughter loves to test me by climbing on the entertainment center.  I said, “Violet, please don’t climb on the entertainment center.  I don’t want you to get hurt.  Thank you for understanding; I really appreciate [...]

Consequences:Remove the Child or Remove the Adult?

In the Love and Logic classes, we teach the “3 Removes” for your first plan of action for effective consequences.  Read how this worked for Lane and her young daughter….  I have safety plugins in all the outlets, but it still makes me nervous when my 14 month old crawls over to the outlets.  I would [...]

I Rock at Parenting!

It’s such a great feeling to feel good about your parenting skills. Thanks Heather for sharing your success story!….. I was grocery shopping  with my 27 mo old son.  First, I asked him if he wanted to ride in the cart or walk. When he chose walk, I used my enforceable statements “feel free to [...]

Let Me Help You Get Your Energy Back

My 4 year old son and his friend were taking a bath.  I asked them to play quietly while I put his baby brother down for a nap.  When I came back they were shouting and splashing.   I was so proud of myself that I didn’t react with anger, but instead used empathy and [...]

Mommy, I Like Your New Rules!

I decided to try the Love and Logic’s  “Uh Oh Song”  that I learn in class.  I came home and told my 4 year old   daughter that we were implementing some new rules in the house.  Soon after she misbehaved and I sang, “Uh Oh, so sad, looks like you need a little quiet time [...]

Turn Your “No” into a “Yes”

This Love and Logic skill worked so great for Heather  to tame her 2 year old’s tantrums, I asked her to share her story: ‎1. In car he screamed for crackers and I said, “Yes! You can have crackers when we get home.” Usually he has a fit, not this time. 2. At nap he asked [...]

Uh Oh Song works for Toddler

Parent success story shared in my classes: My one year old would always get into the dog food.  He wasn’t responding to my “No’s.”  So I decided to take action using the Love and Logic Uh Oh song.  He would crawl to the dog food and I’d say “Uh oh, looks like a little quiet [...]

I want that on TV!

My 4 yr old son wants everything he sees on TV so the other day when he said “Mom, I want that!”  I used my “brain dead skills” and replied, “I know.”   He finally stopped asking after 4-5 times of me saying “I know.”  Then Daddy came home from work and my son looked [...]

Car Seat Struggles?

My 1.5 year old son didn’t want to get in his car seat.  He wasn’t responding to the choices I was giving him and instead was fighting me.  I finally got him buckled in and wondered what  Love and Logic skills I could use for a consequence for his sad decision.   He is too young [...]

“Mommy, You’re Not a Rock Star!”

I started using my new Love and Logic® skills of empathy and going brain dead.  My 4 year old daughter wasn’t too happy when I set a limit about eating snacks before dinner.  She started arguing back and I calmly said “I know.”   I could tell she was trying to figure out a way to [...]

Uh Oh Song is a Life Saver

We used to have 5 tantrums a day with my 2 1/2 year old little girl.  After switching from time-outs to  the Love and Logic’s “Uh Oh Song” we maybe have one a day.  The best part is that now that I can redirect her behavior with just the words “Uh Oh.”  It was really a [...]

“I kept trying and I did it!”

My 3 year old son was struggling with a Buzz Lightyear puzzle.  It was one that didn’t stay together well and putting in one piece would dislodge another.  He’d get frustrated, but I had just read a Love and Logic article about the gift of  giving our kids a chance to struggle.   I said “Keep at [...]

How Enforceable Statements Work for Picking Up Toys!

Thank you Megan for sharing this success story about using “I will”  enforceable statements…… I needed my 2.5 yr old daughter to pick up her toys.  She ignored me so I said “I only read stories to girls who pick up their toys.”  She still didn’t do it and got distracted putting on dress up gloves. [...]

I want it!

After leaving our first Love and Logic class we picked up our kids from childcare.  We got some animal crackers from the vending machine and were on our way to the car.  Our 5 year old ran ahead of us and we asked her to come back several times.  She ignored us.  When I was buckling [...]

Setting Limits for Bathtime

Kudos to this mom who used the empathy and brain dead  skills to enforce the limit of “bath water stays in the tub.”  After our son threw water out of the bathtub I said, “What a bummer.  It’s going to take a while to clean up the water so we won’t have time for books [...]

Empathy Before Consequences

I love this story of  a dad in my class who didn’t miss a beat using his new empathetic statement “Oh man!” before delivering the consequence. Noticed how he stayed calm by reinforcing it with his brain dead statement,  “I know.” ____________________________________________________ My wife, 4 year old son, and I went to the beach.  When [...]

I’m Not Going To Kiss You Anymore

We always discuss in class about kids who will escalate to test the new skills mom and dad are using.  It’s the old “short term pain for long term gain” adage.  This mom thought it would be something only older kids would do, but preschoolers know how to escalate with hurtful words too.  Luckily, this [...]

Brain Dead Works With 3 Year Olds

This mom shares her success story using the  brain dead statement “I know” over and over again….. My 3 year old didn’t want any of the two choices I gave him for breakfast, so I picked one for him.  He was not happy and kept throwing a fit.   I empathetically used “I know” about six or [...]

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