Parenting with Empathy, LLC http://parentingwithempathy.com 'Becoming a Love and Logic® Parent' - Facilitated by Jennifer Prince Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:27:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 February is love month! http://parentingwithempathy.com/news/february-is-love-month-a-new-round-of-love-logic-classes-starting-soon/ http://parentingwithempathy.com/news/february-is-love-month-a-new-round-of-love-logic-classes-starting-soon/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:35:21 +0000 Jennifer http://parentingwithempathy.com/?p=416 A new round of Becoming a Love & Logic Parent® begins!

Starting February 15th, 2012 and running every Wednesday night until March 21st, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. parents will be gathering at the Happy Valley New Seasons Market to strengthen their parenting skills. Come learn practical skills that can be used immediately and begin relieving the stress in your home. February is a month of “love”. Love yourself enough to take this class, reduce your stress and increase your love and enjoyment of your kids!

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“Parents should require them to make genuine, meaningful contributions to the family and set consequences if they don’t.” Parents need to show their children “what it takes to make a household work or a society work.” Parents need to involve their children in the daily runnings of the house and family. “Parents used to teach kids to earn. Paper routes, shoveling snow – they did all those things to earn money to develop some type of work ethic. Now, instead of having them earn, they’ve been handed everything…Studies show that adolescents who report feeling gratitude are ‘more optimistic, less materialistic, less envious and less depressed’”.

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Pays Off” cites that the more active kids are when they are young, (five years old)
the less body fat they’ll have later on (eleven years old). Five year olds who engaged
in 60 minutes or more of activity had less body fat at age eleven, even if they did
not sustain the 60 minutes of activity throughout those years. Early activity seems
to create a protective bank against body fat.

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Sweet–Study of British Kids Connects Candy with Crime,” researchers suggest
“Children who eat too much candy may be more likely to be arrested for violent
behavior as adults.” One of the paper’s authors, Simon Moore of the University of
Cardiff said, “Parents who consistently bribe their children into good behavior with
candies and chocolates could be doing harm. That might prevent kids from learning
how to defer gratification, leading to impulsive behavior and violence.”

]]> http://parentingwithempathy.com/news/20/feed/ 0 Parenting with Empathy, LLC http://parentingwithempathy.com/news/parenting-with-empathy/ http://parentingwithempathy.com/news/parenting-with-empathy/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:54:09 +0000 admin http://parentingwithempathy.com/?p=38 Are you frustrated by the way your child talks to you? Do you want to stop your kids from whining and arguing? Would you like to come home from work to a clean house? Then this course is for you!

Jennifer Prince has found that using the techniques and skills of Love and Logic® can put an end to these and similar types of frustrations, disrespect and irresponsible behavior kids can deliver. Love and Logic® provides an easier way to parent that will leave you with more energy, more enthusiasm and more enjoyment in your job as parent.

What is Love and Logic®?

Love and Logic® is a philosophy of working with children developed by Jim Fay, Charles Fay, PhD., and Foster W. Cline, M.D., at the Love and Logic® Institute. Love and Logic® uses 9 easy to learn skills that create respectful, responsible children who grow up ready to face the challenges of the real world. Love allows children to grow through their mistakes. Logic allows children to live with the consequences of their choices. Learning the Love and Logic® techniques allows adults to be ready for any of the challenges involved in raising a child.

How can I learn more?

  • The Love and Logic® Institute offers a wide variety of books, CD’s and DVD’s for sale, all of which are wonderful tools to use to find answers to some of your most pressing questions.
  • Attend one of the many workshops and seminars presented by Jim, Charles or Foster. These lively presenters are often touring the country, sharing stories, techniques and tid-bits to make your job as a parent easier.
  • Sign up to take a Becoming a Love and Logic Parent® course.

What can the Becoming a Love and Logic Parent® course give me?

  • Practical, easy-to-use techniques and advice that work, creating positive changes in the behaviors in your house
  • Confidence in your parenting skills
  • Resources for honing your skills
  • Certificate of course completion
  • Laughter, fun and enjoyment as you work with other parents also striving for more effective parenting skills

Visit our Classes page to get a better idea on what awaits you and your family by selecting here!

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