Parenting with Love and Logic

I really like this. Was reccomend to me by a freind and I'm studying to become a teach but I can see how this would be so useful and FABALAS to other people who actually have/want children

I read so many books on children. A lot of them have good things in them, and a lot of them didn't work with my child. This one both me and my wife found most helpful.

Still in the process of reading and applying, but so far easy to read and follow the suggestions.

very interesting book with simple but effective suggestions on managing children and what we make them.highly recommended to any parents with frustrations.

This is one of the best books I have ever read about raising children. I have taken examples straight from the book and have used them on my children. I am a better parent for this book.

Well written but I didn't like the overall parenting style. It basically allows the child to make mistakes and learn from them. I don't think it's appropriate for a young child, although it may work for an older child. This style means the child makes the decisions, even if the parent disagrees. I don't think this is right - I think adults are wiser than children and children need to respect their parents. The book has lots of practical examples but it's not for me.

The giving of 2 options at every argument and disagreement, whilst 2 other kids are knocking seven bells out of each other is tough. I think when applied with a bit of common sense and compassion for the kids then it can kind of work. But think about it applying it on yourself? If every time you tried to get something you wanted, someone gave you 2 options, neither of which you wanted. How frustrated would you get? " Me: I want to leave work early today." Boss " Well now Michelle, you can either go home on time or get your P45?" Know how I would respond and I suspect that most teenagers would respond the same way. I think that the "how to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk" book is better in my humble opinion, or maybe my kids are just way too smart for this method :-) M

Great book, very marked and a little mouldy.

Muy buen libro, buenos tips y fácil de leer.

I actually purchased this book from Amazon about 6 years ago. 6. So why review it now? Because I'm still using it (this very week even!), it's that awesome and useful to have around! I remember when my husband and I were taking our adoption certification classes in preparation for our son, and we were asked by show of hands who were spankers and who were non-spankers, my husband and I were the only parents in the room to raise our hands as the non-spankers (we were already the proud parents of a beautiful girl at that point). Several people turned to me and said, "but how do you raise a well behaved kid without spanking?" For us, that answer has been Love and Logic for many years now. Like many things, I first checked it out from the library if I recall, and then decided I wanted a copy for myself.I will never claim that it always works perfectly, but I attribute that entirely to faults of mine, because sometimes I get sloppy with my technique. And I am very glad for those occasions to have this book to look back over, because when I am doing it properly, things go a lot smoother. I personally think children flourish best with boundaries and consequences that make sense, at least that has been the experience we have in our household, and you can't get any more fair then natural consequences.I would like to say, having now a younger child with significant disabilities, not all of these techniques are useful with a kiddo who has those struggles, at least not where he's at developmentally right now, but our little man still benefits and grows from the use of natural consequences, and modifying these techniques to be at where he is developmentally rather then age wise, and that does fit in well with the therapeutic approaches we are using for our little man.I was talking about this book once with someone from church a few years ago, and she commented about how this approach can take more work from the parent because it requires more thought and a change of habits often times. I think this is true, but for us, it has been worth the extra time because for our daughter, she's not just learning the "don't" she's learning the "why" when we use this method, which I think has strong benefits that outweigh the effort to be more nuanced in my parenting.

Good read for a parent

The book is concise, incisive and written with love. A must read for all thinking parents. Love tempered by logic wins the day, any day.

I loved this book. Avoided frou frou opinions and instead had lots and lots of examples underscoring the very helpful and effective principles. It feels like I got the cheater's guide to parenting. I have been trying to adopt the lessons from the book with my four year old daughter and two year old son and noticed immediate results. I would recommend it to everyone.Edit: I read several reviews on amazon.com of the older version. It previously recommended spanking on rare occasions and doesn't any more. There are a couple of other lesson examples that many people complained about that are no longer in the book. I was also surprised to see some of the fears of these principles being used abusively/manipulatively. The book iterates several times that parenting with love and compassion is absolutely necessary while using these principles. They even give a couple of examples of the same general idea being used with love and without. I suppose that seemed self-evident to me but there were a LOT of negative reviews by people who had poor experiences in their own childhood by parents doing somewhat similar things but in a harsh manner.