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Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers: Love and Logic Parenting for Early Childhood (2 Audio Cassettes)

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These tapes are a great resource for parents who want to get a great start on a discipline plan for their children. I acquired them while taking a class on the author's famous "love and logic" techniques. As a parent of a toddler and infant, I felt these tapes are a necessity to be able to use these strategies with younger children. I'm sure they would be useful on their own, but never more as powerful than when in combination with the full scope of these approaches. These tapes get you started on a path of teaching your children responsibility, respect, and build confidence and self-esteem by letting children learn from the decisions they make and the consequences they sometimes carry.

If you find yourself becoming frustrated with your little one, these tapes are for you. As a teacher I know Cline and Fay's methods work, I have no doublt they will also help me raise my son. These first years are critical and I want to do everything I can to help him be a responsible person and a delight to be around. I know you want the same for your child. I truly think you will be pleased if you listen to these tapes and give their ideas a try.

Evaluate your child's personality before buying this. I have heard that it works like a charm for other kids, but my daughter is just too active and direct intervention works better than time-outs. I do like its main message--don't let your kids walk all over you and don't be afraid to discipline (positively, not spanking). If you feel your child will respond to time-outs, this is a good resource. However, I found the Positive Discipline series to be more effective for my child.

This audio cassette is a wonderful, no-nonsense approach to child-rearing. The narrators have soothing, pleasant voices and know what they are talking about. There is no better way to deal with children than this way: I have 2 children that strike awe in others because of how well-behaved they are (ages 3 years and 16 months). I also have a 14 year old step-daughter who is wonderful and mindful, and who has been raised the "love and logic" way. The only way you are going to be "insulted" by this audio cassette (as another reviewer implied) is if you recognize yourself in the anecdotes and are defensive about it. If this is so, perhaps some therapy of your own will help you learn why you waste energy being defensive of parenting practices that don't work, instead of being open enough to try common-sense stategies that will help you be the best parent you can be.

This cassette seems mostly to reiterate the strategies in the Parenting with Love and Logic book. It gave minimum strategies and often made fun of common parenting mistakes. This cassette could be quite insulting if you have a difficult toddler.