New School Year. New Expectations.

As summer winds down and the new school year gets ready to begin it's a great time to set expectations with your kids.  Take this opportunity to meet with your child and talk through your thoughts, concerns and expectations for the upcoming school year. Be sure to give them some choices and allow…


Summer Reading Woes

Trouble getting your kids to do their summer reading projects?  Join the club.  Here's a little hint.  Use a Love and Logic enforceable statement.  "Hey honey, happy to take you and your friends to the mall (or insert another exciting event) when I know your summer project is done."  DON'T…


Bedtime Scramble Solved...HOPEFULLY!

Don't know about you all, but my kids are experts are messing around ALL day long and THEN scrambling to get all their chores, homework and important stuff done in the last hour of the day.  It's really started to become a problem.  And then my husband, who has been well trained in the fine art…


Do You Referee Your Kid's Arguments?

I'll bet you do. And, I'll bet it usually isn't very successful! I would also guess that this particular parental duty leaves you feeling pretty frustrated! Instead of getting entangled in the mess that your kids have created just put a Love and Logic® encforceable statement to work for you.…


Love and Logic® Workshops Now Enrolling!

Join me for a four week workshop geared to teach you the Love and Logic® tools you need to help put the fun back in parenting. There is something for everyone…Early Childhood and Teen/Tween classes begin in early October.  Register by calling Jewish Family Services during regular business hours…


No More Homework Headaches

I once saw a kid perform the most incredible dead-weight drop on top of his homework. He flopped over, completely immobilized by his math homework. Unwilling to move, his mother pleaded with him in quick, slightly hysterical tones, "but you have to get your work done before practice! Honey! You…


Go To Bed Sleepy Head

I was having so much trouble getting my three-year old son to bed.  He was really working the system, trying every trick in the book.  I was at my wits end because he was waking his baby sister and causing a huge problem at naptime AND at bedtime. The implementation of the ideas you gave me at our…


Get Connected

Healthy relationships are the foundation of building strong families.  And building a relationship isn't hard, in fact it should be fun!   Just take a few minutes to really connect with your children.  Find something that you both enjoy.  Watch a tv show together, share a book, play a game…


Mother's Day in the Mountains

Mark your calendars!  May 11-13, 2012.   Join me at the YMCA's Camp Harrison for a mother/daughter weekend.  Onsite seminars will feature excerpts from Becoming a Love and Logic Parent®, facilitated by Wendy Petricoff.  Gather in a relaxed environment to either refresh your parenting skills or…