Parenting One-Liners

My wife and I were recently listening to some parenting workshops on audio and the speaker was talking about parenting one-liners used by the Love and Logic organization.  I forgot how amazingly simple and powerful these one-liners are for parents who want to stay calm and regulated during potential power struggles with their children. 

Some examples of one-liners include:

• “Probably so.”
• “I know.”
• “Nice try.”
• “I bet it feels that way.”
• “What do you think you’re going to do.”
• “I don’t know. What do you think?”
• “Bummer. How sad.”
• “Thanks for sharing that.”
• “Don’t worry about it now.”
• “That’s an option.”
• “I bet that’s true.”
• “Maybe you’ll like what we have for the next meal better.”
• “What do you think I think about that?”
• “I’m not sure how to react to that. I’ll have to get back to you on it.”
• “I’ll let you know what will work for me.”
• “I’ll love you wherever you live.”

Instead of getting hooked into an argument or fixing a problem for child, use the parenting one-liners to facilitate more independent problem-solving skills by the child. Genuineness, on the part of the parent, is important when using them. 

Get a free pdf here: http://www.loveandlogic.com/documents/one-liners.pdf

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