Mom was getting very frustrated trying to serve dinner to her children who were being a bit rude and unruly. She finally decided to try a new tact after learning some Love and Logic:

“I only serve dinner to kids with friendly voices.” Then she walked away.

Her daughter followed her away from the table saying things like:

“What’s with the new attitude? Who are you? Did you go to your class today and just learn that?”

The mom threw her head back and laughed. She knew she was on to something! She also really enjoyed laughing instead of yelling. ;-)

The “contributions list” is posted and Mom was a little tired of waiting for the kids to do their chores so she just said: “We’ll have dinner when the chores are done.”

One son said, “Yeah, well then I guess we won’t be eating for a while!”
She said, “Whatever” and sat down to read her email. She just kept calm, didn’t engage in the conversation.

They did eat but about 45 minutes later than planned.
Now the kids know that when she sets a limit there’s no arguing about it.

Yes!