Love and Logic
'Love and Logic' offers guidance Parents minimize arguments, build positive relationships with children
January 04, 2010 9:55 AMLEARNING TO COPE: NATASHA LINDSTROM Staff Writer / Daily Press
APPLE VALLEY � A few years ago Carolyn Schmidt thought she had reached her wit's end trying to get her then-7-year-old daughter to listen - from cleaning her room to putting on a jacket when it was cold outside.
"We were just yelling constantly," Schmidt said. "My husband and I were banging our heads against the wall. We were not spankers and we decided we were never going to, but we were both yellers ... and we were both just sick of it."
Then Schmidt discovered a parenting method she said transformed her home environment: "Love and Logic," a simple philosophy that aims to teach children the skills to become responsible, capable adults � by sharing decision-making and learning natural consequences as part of a positive, loving child- parent relationship.
"The easiest way for me to describe Love and Logic is the decibel level in our house is now quiet," Schmidt said. �We don�t have to yell anymore."
Parenting with Love and Logic is an ongoing course free and open to the public through the Academy for Academic Excellence in Apple Valley for the past five years. It's a program offered at several schools and churches across the Victor Valley, and focuses on teaching children ages 6 months to 18 years old to be problem solvers through guidance, encouragement and loving support from their parents.
Love and Logic public classes are held Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. or 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Corwin Campus of Academy for Academic Excellence, 18350 US Highway 18, in Apple Valley. For more information, contact Moler at (760) 946-5414 ext. 289.
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Natasha Lindstrom may be reached at (760) 951-6232 or at nlindstrom@VVDailyPress.com.
Used with permission by Daily Press, Freedom Communication, 2010
January 04, 2010 9:55 AMLEARNING TO COPE: NATASHA LINDSTROM Staff Writer / Daily Press
APPLE VALLEY � A few years ago Carolyn Schmidt thought she had reached her wit's end trying to get her then-7-year-old daughter to listen - from cleaning her room to putting on a jacket when it was cold outside.
"We were just yelling constantly," Schmidt said. "My husband and I were banging our heads against the wall. We were not spankers and we decided we were never going to, but we were both yellers ... and we were both just sick of it."
Then Schmidt discovered a parenting method she said transformed her home environment: "Love and Logic," a simple philosophy that aims to teach children the skills to become responsible, capable adults � by sharing decision-making and learning natural consequences as part of a positive, loving child- parent relationship.
"The easiest way for me to describe Love and Logic is the decibel level in our house is now quiet," Schmidt said. �We don�t have to yell anymore."
Parenting with Love and Logic is an ongoing course free and open to the public through the Academy for Academic Excellence in Apple Valley for the past five years. It's a program offered at several schools and churches across the Victor Valley, and focuses on teaching children ages 6 months to 18 years old to be problem solvers through guidance, encouragement and loving support from their parents.
Love and Logic public classes are held Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. or 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Corwin Campus of Academy for Academic Excellence, 18350 US Highway 18, in Apple Valley. For more information, contact Moler at (760) 946-5414 ext. 289.
To view video online � visit http://www.vvdailypress.com/video/?videoId=60611453001&lineupId=1170502784&play=now
Natasha Lindstrom may be reached at (760) 951-6232 or at nlindstrom@VVDailyPress.com.
Used with permission by Daily Press, Freedom Communication, 2010