1KHO 936: Parenting Without the Power Struggles | Dr. Charles Fay, Love and Logic

Ginny Yurich (0:33)

Hello, friends, welcome back to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast. Today is my birthday, and I scheduled an incredible meaningful episode to specifically come out today. Dr. Charles Fay from Love and Logic is here, and this one is really special to me. I found Love and Logic when I was in my early 20s and teaching high school. I wasn't even a mom yet, and those books completely changed the way I approached interacting with kids. I learned that you can deal with teenagers without being angry. I learned I could be in a peaceful classroom environment and didn't need to use yelling or lecturing. I began practicing the Love and Logic approach that combines empathy with natural consequences, and then I became a mom. We have five kids now, and I really don't know what our family would look like if I hadn't found those books all those years ago.

Love and Logic changed the trajectory of our family. So getting to have this conversation with Dr. Charles Fay was such a full circle moment for me. I was so excited. His new book is called Raising Spiritually Strong Kids, and I absolutely loved it. I hope this episode gives you some of what Love and Logic gave me all those years ago. Here is Dr. Charles Fay.

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My name is Ginny Yurich. I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and I have just read a book that I loved. I absolutely loved. It's a beautiful book as well. It's called Raising Spiritually Strong Kids, How to Apply Biblical Principles with Love and Logic to Bring Up Children Who Live with Authentic Faith. I have been a love and logic fan for decades, and so I am so thrilled. I was so excited. I don't know if I've ever been more excited for a podcast episode. Dr. Charles Fay is here. I'm like emotional.

The love and logic has changed the whole trajectory of our family. I'm already crying. Welcome to you.

Dr. Charles Fay (4:11)

Oh, my goodness. Wow. I'm honored and thank you for having me, and thank you everyone who has tuned in.

We're thankful for you, and we hope this is a blessing for you.

Ginny Yurich (4:26)

Okay. I've got to pull myself together. I'm going to tell you just a little bit of my backstory, even though I don't normally talk a lot off the top. But I was a teacher, so before I became a mom, I was a teacher, and I started at 21 I went through school, I started at 21 I taught in the inner city my first year. I taught junior high, and then the next couple of years, I taught math in a different district, and it was high school. So I taught everything from basic math all the way through. Those are kids who are in ninth grade and hate math, and you got 35 of them. And at some point, before I started, I came across Love and Logic for teachers.