Q: What is Out-a-Box Parenting, Inc?
A:
A company developed
to meet the needs of adults and children in various settings.
Q: What about NEW VISTAS?
A:
NEW VISTAS is the application
of the philosophy and principles of the Love and Logic Institute
to challenges around parenting, grandparenting, teaching, leadership,
tailored to meet the specific needs of groups, teams, troops,
families, classrooms, and individuals.
Q: How long has Love
and Logic® been around?
A: The Love and Logic
Institute® was established in the early 1980’s.
Q: What are the guiding
principles of Love and Logic®?
A: Simply these:
- Shared control
- Shared thinking and decision making
- Apply empathy before applying consequence
- Provide opportunity for building positive self-concept.
Q: What is the Love
and Logic® Process?
A: Love (with
compassion) allows children to grow through their mistakes.
Logic allows children
to learn from the consequences of their choices.
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- Q: What’s covered in the Love
and Logic Institute’s seminal course:
- Becoming a Love and Logic Parent©?
A: Cleverly designed modules allow you to have fun while: - 1. Creating home environments
that stimulate responsibility, resiliency, and academic achievement.
- 2. Eliminating misbehavior & avoiding power struggles while setting limits.
- 3. Teaching character & responsibility through modeling.
- 4. Applying logical consequences rather than punishment.
- 4. Teaching children healthy problem-solving skills.
- 5. Staying calm in stressful parenting situations.
- 6. Helping children be prepared to resist drugs, alcohol, violence, and other dangerous behaviors.
- 2. Eliminating misbehavior & avoiding power struggles while setting limits.
Q: When’s the best time to begin using Love and Logic©?
A: As Jim says, “As soon as they can spit beets!”- The authors have designed this program to help parents with very young children all the way through the teenage years and beyond. Happily, we find that it’s NEVER too late to start the process. It’s never too late to improve relationships with those we love.
- Q: What’s covered in the Love
and Logic Institute’s seminal course:
Q: How is Early Childhood Parenting
Made Fun!® different from Becoming a Love and Logic Parent®?
A: The Early Childhood program was
developed with an appreciation of the increased pressures of
parenting children who, at this point, have emerging language
use, coordination, and small motor skills. It provides parents
with a treasure chest of tools that go from “coping”
to really “enjoying” the adventure of being a parent.
It’s geared to meet needs specific to this stage of development.
See syllabus
Q: If I can buy a book, why take
a class?
A: A comment by an enthusiastic graduate
of the workshop sums it up, I’d read the book and listened
to the CDs, but until I was actually in the class, heard the
instructor, viewed the media presentations and interacted with
the other participants, I had no idea of the power of the program.
I’m a convert to Love and Logic. It’s revolutionized
our lives!
True, the Love and Logic©
Institute provides a plethora of delightful and informative materials
in audio, visual, and print format, as well as downloadable support
through their website, but nothing beats the workshop venue.
Being able to interact with the facilitator and other parents
provides a feeling of “strength in numbers,” as parents
share challenges and successes, frustrations and triumphs, in
a safe and supportive environment. Other families are experiencing
some of the same issues you are!
Q: What if my spouse can’t or
won’t take the class? Will it still work ?
A: Naturally it’s ideal for
parents to be in sync, but situations around schedules, fragmented
families, and varied interest levels make it difficult. The authors
have found that children are flexible and will adapt to various
disciplinary styles. Most parents report that after a spouse
or partner witnesses the effectiveness of the Love and Logic©
techniques, they usually want to get “on the same page”
and begin to enjoy parenting in a whole new way. After all, actions
really do speak louder than words.
Q: Is there really a guarantee?
A: In the introduction to PARENTING WITH
LOVE AND LOGIC,
the book co-authored by Jim Fay and Foster Cline, Ph.D., you’ll
find these words, “We believe so strongly in the message
of our books that we are making this quality guarantee to you.
If for any reason you are disappointed with the content of this
book, return the title page...and we will refund to you the list
price of the book!”