Effective parents must learn to use different approaches with kids who live in today’s complex and rapidly changing world. Our culture has outgrown many of the approaches that we were raised with. The authors and psychotherapists contend that effective parenting centers around love. Pessimism is to be avoided, and love is to be employed, which is strong enough to allow kids to make mistakes and strong enough not to tolerate disrespect. The logic in these techniques centers on the consequences themselves. It teaches us how to allow consequences while expressing true empathy is portrayed in parenting.

The authors begin by guiding parents in developing the relational building blocks of effective parenting. They then proceed to forty-one practical examples of parenting with love and logic. This method teaches children to think, to decide, and to live with their decisions within the environment of a healthy, loving relationship with their parents.

23 “Love and Logic Tips” are then provided to parents. They include such topics as “The ‘V’ of Love” and “When to Step In,” and “When to Stay out of Your Children’s Problems.” Readers will explore their own parenting style and discover where growth and developing new skills will put the fun back in parenting and how to nurture responsible children.

As a psychotherapist, this is the book I most consistently use in my work with parents and children. My clients consistently tell me they wish they had known about love and logic earlier. Parents who have withstood very challenging children develop tangible hope that they can still influence their kids. I have consistently witnessed positive results with my clients.