Podcast

I chose to listen to a Love and Logic podcast titled “When Kids Are Home More Often.” I listened to the first two episodes and there was a really good message. Basically what Dr. Charles Fay was trying to get across to parents was that you need to make children responsible for their own actions. Isn’t this always the message with Love and Logic? In this episode, he wants the parents to run “practice outings” to learn how to behave in public. What he suggests is to have the kids make the outings fun for the parents. This is accomplished by having a conversation with your kids before you go on a “practice outing.” Tell your kids that you will go somewhere, let’s say Chuck E. Cheese, somewhere that you don’t really want to go, but your kids really do. Tell your kids that this could be fun for the parents in the following ways, if the kids are doing something that they’re not supposed to be doing, they will stop just with “the look.” Tell them that there will be no complaining or tattling. Once you get to Chuck E. Cheese you let the kids do their thing and if there are problems that can’t be solved without confrontation, you simply pack up and leave without warning. You get away from threatening to leave “the next time that you have to say something to them.” With these “practice outings” the key is to practice acceptable behavior at a place that you don’t necessarily want to be. This way when the kids are learning the hard way the consequences of their actions, you’re not tempted to give them a second and third chance to correct their behavior because it really doesn’t bother you to leave.

Here is the link that I used to view the podcast:
http://www.drfayshow.com/llsdf211.html