So, Mike and I have been listening to Jim Fay's Love and Logic cds. We listened to it many years ago and thought it sounded like good stuff. However, it wasn't relevant back then. The kids were young and, sadly, Mike and I thought we had this parenting gig licked.
Now, what has changed? Oh, yeah, we have a teen and a tween! Those cd's and the stories in them are cracking us up. We are living those cds.
Perfect example today:
We get in from church, late and hungry. Mike and I begin scrambling to make a decent spagetti lunch. Funny, the kids are scattered. Nowhere to be found. Lunch was on the table, all the work done by Mike and I, and no children. So, we implemented Love and Logic. We planned what we, the adults, were going to do to with our lives. We sat down and ate a nice lunch, alone! We had great conversation, uninterrupted. No sight of the kids. You see, it is our fault. We've trained them to be L..A..Z...Y. They fully expect lunch to be made and then us call them to the table. No more. They are plenty old enough and capable to assemble lunch. As of this writing, 2:04pm, Carter hasn't come out of his room. I guess he's sucked into the vortex of some engaging electronic. Too bad, he's gonna be awfully hungry this evening. I'm so sad for his hunger!! HAHA, no more hand holding here. I highly recommend you guys check into this parenting system.
Click HERE for the Love and Logic website.
He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8
You go Libby!!!! Don't worry next Sunday they will make sure they don't leave your side as soon as church is over-lol!!!!
ReplyDeleteVery good., Libby. Funny that he didn't even come out to eat.
ReplyDeleteWe love "Love and Logic"!! We've used it for years. One of my favorite parenting things we ever did was to take one of kids to church in their jammies because they refused to get dressed on time. Never had to worry about that again. And when the boys were younger--all we had to say was, "I feel the energy is draining out of the van." And they boys would stop being loud. They knew that if we said it again, one of them(whoever the noise maker was) would be walking beside the van as we waited for that child to get rid of their extra craziness.
ReplyDeleteGreat parenting tool.
Wish I always remembered to use that instead of letting my anger flare up--maybe it's time for a refesher course for this mama.