The Good Intentions Podcast

Episode 008 | Jim Fay

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Jim Fay talks with Dave Rael about mutual dignity, preparing children for the world, empathy with children and adults, and positive influence

Chapters:
  • 0:52 - Approach to this episode and getting to know Jim Fay
  • 4:31 - Learning about dealing with children from education and parenting
  • 5:27 - Dave's interpretation of Love and Logic and Jim's reaction
  • 10:26 - The state of discourse in the world the relevance of preparing children for real interaction
  • 11:28 - Jim on bringing empathy to interaction with children
  • 15:21 - The primacy of simplicity and the fault in complication of life
  • 16:28 - Quick win on setting boundaries with simple words and phrases to neutralize conflict and manipulation
  • 21:31 - Influence, manipulation, and empowerment
  • 23:52 - Love and Logic applied to adults as well as children
  • 25:54 - The reasons children and other humans need boundaries and why they test them
  • 29:02 - Healthy and unhealthy setting of boundaries and the communication of boundaries and expectations as behavior modeling
  • 30:08 - The unhealthy swinging pendulum of adult focus vs child focus
  • 33:10 - The problems with punishment and the virtue of delaying reaction
  • 37:53 - A specific example of approaches to care and teaching
  • 40:03 - Differences between mothers and fathers and between children and adults
  • 41:55 - The moral case for
    • Resources:
    • Love And Logic (including signup for the Insider's Club newsletter)
    • Jim's Bio on the Love and Logic Site
    • Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) - Foster Cline
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