LOVE and LOGIC:
Early Childhood Parenting Made Fun! ™
Join Cyndi Goldfarb in this new class from the Love and Logic Institute designed for parents of children through age six. (Class content actually applies well to children throughout elementary school.)
This parenting class will help you …
* Show kids that whining and arguing does not pay
* Put an end to misbehavior in public
* Smooth-out morning and bedtime conflicts
* Calm sibling bickering and battling
* Teach respect, responsibility, and self-discipline
* Increase the odds that the teenage years will be fun instead of frightening
“I am definitely more calm and collected in my parenting. I have a lot more tools than I did before I took the class. I can see how important it is to have different techniques. I liked Cyndi’s stories. I liked hearing other stories; it made me feel less alone.”
“My favorite part was the interactive discussion with the teacher, and listening to other couples’ problems with their kids, and then having the teacher and students figure out a solution to the problem using Love and Logic.”
WHERE: Yo Mama Yoga, 737 29th St, Boulder, CO
WHEN: Sundays ~ April 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2011, from 1-4 PM (with a good break during each session)
COST: $150 per couple or $130 per individual, plus $12 for the workbook and handouts
Space is limited.
Click HERE to Register!!
Questions? Please contact Cyndi at cyndi@boulderparentingclasses.com
Cyndi Goldfarb, M.S., has been teaching prenatal classes in the Boulder area for twenty-six years and became a Love and Logic instructor nine years ago. She and her husband have raised two successful daughters with the principles of Love and Logic.
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Love and Logic Parenting Tip
In today’s overscheduled world, it is possible that children may feel that they are invisible to their parents, whose focus is on merely getting through their busy, busy days. Thus, children may choose to misbehave in order to receive the parental attention that they crave! In their eyes, even negative attention is better than no attention at all! To let your children know that you DO see them and that they matter to you, periodically comment upon things in their lives. (NOTE: this is NOT praise, which is overused and often phony. Save praise for those times when your child has done something with honest effort: “Wow, you really ran after that ball! Good job, kiddo!”) Instead, this strategy relies on simple acknowledgment of small but specific things that you have noticed about your children.
NOTE – For every ONE time you must correct their misbehavior, try to notice and acknowledge them at least FIVE to TEN times.
EXAMPLES:
I noticed that you have an “owie”!
I noticed that you decided to draw farm animals with your magic markers today. Yesterday, your pictures of houses were painted with water colors.
When you were playing outside, I noticed you organizing a game of hide and seek with your friends.
I noticed that you organized your action figures in your toy box today.
I noticed that you combed your hair this morning after you brushed your teeth.
I noticed that you let your sister serve herself first at dinner.
I noticed that you have grown an inch this last month!
OR – Wink at your child across the room. Kiss the top of her head as you walk by. Give him a little tickle, a squeeze or a brief backrub – without words. Smile and nod as you look in on him from another room.
Try this, and see how quickly things improve in your home!
Cyndi Goldfarb, MS, Independent Love and Logic Facilitator www.boulderparentingclasses.com
303-494-8373
—— Happy Families, Responsible Kids ——