Since 1977, the Love and Logic Institute has been dedicated to making parenting and teaching fun and rewarding, insteadof stressful and chaotic.
Back by popular demand, Love and Logic is returning to Vernon next month for the 10th session of this six-week parenting course. More than 300 families in the Vernon community have been encouraged by this course, which will be facilitated by family minister and teacher Joel Haberstock and his wife, teacher and parent educator Jodie Haberstock.
“Parenting the Love and Logic Way provides practical tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their children and help them prepare their kids for the real world,” said Joel Haberstock. “All of our work is based on a psychologically sound parenting and teaching philosophy called Love and Logic.
“Love allows children to grow through their mistakes. Logic allows them to live with the consequences of their choices. The Love and Logic approach is easy to use, raises responsible kids, and changes lives.”
Sponsored by St. John’s Lutheran Church, Parenting with Love and Logic starts Feb. 8 and runs Wednesdays from 6:15 to 8 p.m. at the church (behind Butcher Boys off Silver Star Road).
Participants will learn how to: put an end to arguing, back talk and begging; teach responsibility without losing their love; set limits without waging war; avoid power struggles; guide kids to own and solve their problems; teach kids to complete chores without reminders and without pay.
“Empathetic responses allow the children to learn from their own consequences,” said one local parent of the Love and Logic seminars, whie another said she enjoyed the laughter, bringing humour back into parenting.
The program costs $40 for a couple and $25 for an individual. This cost includes a parent manual, with extra manuals available for $15.
To register, call 250-549-2244, email church@stjohnsvernon.com or go online to www.stjohnsvernon.com to register; space is limited. Scholarships are available for those who need assistance – call Jodie at 250-549-4406 for more information.
