Parenting Teens With Love And Logic: Preparing Adolescents For Responsible Adulthood

Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay

Piñon Press, 2006 - Family & Relationships - 317 pages

"The real world doesn't operate on punishment. It operates on consequences. Teens must never be allowed to think that the consequences of their poor decision will be Mom and Dad will get angry."" They should be thinking of the natural consequence of their actions. Whenever we lay something on a teenager that doesn't happen in the real world, it's a punishment and not a consequence."" from Chapter 8, Ready, Set - Off into the Real World ""Parenting Teens with Love and Logic helps us stay connected to our children while we watch them grow strong and independent. It is a gift to all of us who want to enjoy the incredible process of watching our children become respectful, responsible, and resilient adults."" --Bob Sornson, Ph.D., Author of Creating Classrooms Where Teachers Love to Teach and Students Love to Learn, coauthor of Meeting the Challenge and founder of the Early Learning Foundation ""Parenting Teens with Love and Logic empowers parents by providing them with the tools and skills to handle each mistake with respect and embrace it as a learning opportunity. This respectful attitude assists teenagers in becoming responsible adults while maintaining a positive healthy parent/teen relationship."" --Gloria Sherman, M.A., LPC, Counselor Zemmer Jr. High, Lapeer, Michigan ""Parenting Teens with Love and Logic provides parents with a wide variety of the necessary skills to set behavioral limits, encourage decision-making, and teach their teenagers the essential social skills to function in the adult world."" --Paul Gasser MS/LMFT, Marriage and Family Therapist-Mayo/Franciscan Health Instructor-University of Wisconsin-Platteville ""Society poses any number of challenges as teens struggle to acquire a sense of worth, understand the value of personal responsibility, and develop healthy relationships. I have worked with students and their parents for years, and Parenting Teens with Love and Logic has provided a consistent framework that well prepares adolescents for their imminent adulthood."" --Dave Funk, parent and educator, Author of Love & Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs and coauthor of Teaching with Love and Logic"

What people are saying

Review: Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood

User Review  - Dawn Wynn - Goodreads

As the mother of four children, I highly recommend this book. Although I'm an avid reader, I unfortunately did not find this book until my third child was 17. It has been a life changer for our family. Whenever I am talking "kids" with people, I reference this book.

Review: Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood

User Review  - Sara - Goodreads

While one book can't "fit all," especially in the area of parenting teens, I would say this book is worth the time and effort to read! Overall, the approach is sensible and down-to-earth. These ...

About the author

FOSTER W. CLINE, M.D. is an internationally recognized psychiatrist. He is a consultant to mental health organizations, parents groups, and schools across North America. He specialized in working with difficult children.

JIM FAY has thirty-one years on experience as an educator ans school principal. He is recognized as one of America's top educational consultants ans has won many awards in the educational field. He successfully guided his three children through their childhood and teen years using love and logic.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Parenting Teens With Love And Logic: Preparing Adolescents For Responsible Adulthood; A Modern Girl's Bible Study Series
• Authors: Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay
• Publisher: Piñon Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1576839303, 9781576839300
• Length: 317 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Life Stages / Adolescence; Family & Relationships / Parenting / General; Religion / Christian Life / Family; Religion / Christian Life / General