Although Jenny and I spend a lot of time with our boys, we aren’t always sure about the best way to parent them. We want to teach them right from wrong, how to obey, how to share, and how to treat people with love. We want to set fair boundaries and clear, effective consequences for crossing those boundaries. We want to teach them how to think for themselves and make their own decisions. However, as you parents already know, taking a baby home from the hospital doesn’t magically give you all of this knowledge and skill.

We’ve signed up for an eight-week course at IBC called Love and Logic. It meets on Wednesday nights starting April 21. Their basic philosophy is simple: love your kids well and teach them how to make good choices. It’s one of many parenting approaches, and it might or might not work for us, but we’ll give it a try. We’re excited to learn their approach and see it in action with the boys.

Parents, where did you look for parenting guidance? What did you like and dislike about what you found?