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Four Steps to Responsibility: Techniques to Lead Children to Responsible Decision Making
Jim Fay shares the secret about why parents who are not afraid to allow their children to fail, raise young people who are independent, responsible decision-makers with high self-concepts. This tape presents strategies parents can use to equip children to handle todays problems and tomorrows challenges.
Manufacturer: Penton Overseas
Price: $13.95
 Four Steps to Responsibility: Techniques to Lead Children to Responsible Decision Making
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| User Reviews |  | Beaux didn't even buy this book - save the politics for blogs - this book rocks!!!!!
rating: 5
Not sure what the other reader was talking about. I am an agnostic so I am pretty aware of that kind of thing. I was also a teacher. Not only does Love and Logic work in the classroom but it does amazing things with my kids. I have 2 toddlers and I think the Love and Logic books and videos are an indespensible resource. It seems to me that the previous reviewer was just looking for a forum to rant about something totally unrelated to these books. He also wasn't reviewing this book - I guess some people will actually mislead people to try and get their voice heard. If click on "see my other reviews" under his name you will see that he has reviewed every book in the Love and Logic series with this rhetoric that is based on complete ignorance. Charles Fay and Foster Cline (founders of Love and Logic) are from Evergreen Colorado - not Colorado Springs and have nothing to do with the whole "family first" thing. There is no affiliation whatsoever. Again, not sure what the other reviewer was talking about - but it is a shame that he may turn people away from a resource that is the most effective tool I have come across to raise children who are responsible, able to make choices effectively, have great self-esteem, and to avoid all the arguments and power struggles that come with parenting.
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DISHONEST waste of money
rating: 1
I was mislead into wasting money on Jim Fay's audio book on toddlers and I think Amazon and other
booksellers have a responsibility to be honest with consumers about this series;
The author as a promoted as a "doctor" and yet the series is about heavy handed fundamentalist Christian parenting.
I used to live in Denver, and because the authors made several references to Colorado I began to wonder
if this were something put out by the "Focus on the Family" extremist cult based in Colorado Springs;
I was right. The titles and descriptions are deliberately misleading, but if you click on
the copyright link you'll see that this is where it came from.
When did these extreme Christian fundamentalist pass an amendment to the
"Shall not lie" commandment?
When did it become a "Christian Value" to disguise, mislead and lie about an agenda in order
to sell something that they know the buyer would have avoided had we been given honest information beforehand?
For me, this validates the fear that a lot of people in Colorado had expressed about this group. It also shows how
much the extreme Christian right has in common with the Muslim extremist in Afghanistan:
Both groups are willing to disregard the core dictates of the
religion they claim to follow if it serves their efforts to make money or to impose their
beliefs on the rest of the word.
I purchased the "Toddler Love and Logic" audio book from this series, and after the first 10 minutes of listening
to the these two men laughing at (and sarcastically imitating the voices of) mother's they've overheard making "
mistakes" in conversations with their children, I realized the real mistake had been in wasting my money.
Why would they use "Logic" in the title of a book that tells parents that they shouldn't
take the time to explain the reasoning behind the 'commands' they make to their children?
And what is logical about using a child's bedroom as a punishment during the day and expecting them to
view it as a comfortable safe place at bedtime?
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A must have for parents
rating: 5
As a L&L instructor for my school district, I have a distict affinity for the L&L philosophy. However, that does not mean I heartily recommend every tape. Four Steps to Responsibility, however, is a must have for parents who wish to prepare their kids for the real world. As a parent, it is instinctual to some degree to want to save our children from the pain and anguish that can occur during childhood: by either keeping our children from making (safe) mistakes, to rescuing them in order to make their life easier and to spare them pain. The authors do an excellent job of showing how we are stealing from our kids when we do this... The authors point out that the road to wisdom is paved with mistakes, as is the road to positive self-concept and self-esteem. Only by overcoming obstacles can the children feel confident enough to handle any challenge that comes his/her way. Only by owning the problem can the child build the decision making skills that may one day keep him/her from getting in a car driven by a drunk friend-not because he/she knows that mom and dad don't know and can't get mad, but because he/she has a clear understanding about the connection between choice and consequence. Get this tape...it is great.
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Loved It!
rating: 5
The tape is very insightful as well as extremely entertaining. I couldn't wait to get back in my car to hear more. Although the concepts are quite tough (most parents want to rescue their children) it is extremely helpful and most of all - FUN. I so enjoy watching my children problem solve and make decisions - coming up with solutions I had not thought about. Most of the time, they don't make the same mistake twice when they keep the problem on their backs. I have ordered more audiobooks in the Love and Logic series and even one I am donating to my kids school.
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A "MUST HAVE" FOR ALL PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
rating: 5
THIS CLEARLY DEMONSRATES THE "OBLIGATION" OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO PREPARE KIDS FOR THE REAL WORLD BY EXPERIENCING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS INSTEAD OF ALWAYS RUNNING INTERFERENCE AND SENDING MESSAGES THAT STUNT GROWTH AND DEVELOP THE COMMON "IT'S NOT MY FAULT" ATTITUDE THAT IS SO PREVASIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE TODAY. I BELIEVE EVERY PRINCIPAL IN THE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE THIS TAPE AND INCORPORATE ITS IDEAS AND PHILOSPHIES INTO THEIR SCHOOLS.
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