The following five-point guideline will help you mentally rehearse Love and Logic: 1. Pick the situation and what you want the child to do. 2. Picture yourself standing tall, looking directly into your child’s eyes and having a perfect right to expect what you are about to request. Check yourself in a mirror. 3. Imagine the sound of your voice. 4. Try it out on friends and get their opinions. 5. Rehearse this until you hear yourself saying, “Kid, make my day. Let me strut my new stuff!”
