Thursday, April 26, 2007

THE TEN BELIEFS OF THE TOUGHLOVE® PROGRAM

• Family Problems Have Roots and Support in the Culture.

• Parents are People Too.

• Parent's Material and Emotional Resources are Limited.

• Parents and Kids are not Equal.

• Blaming Keeps People Helpless.

• Kid's Behavior Affects Parents and Parents' Behavior Affects Kids.

• Taking a STAND Precipitates Crisis.

• From a Controlled Crisis comes the Possibility of Positive Change.

• Families Need to Give and Get Support in their Own Community in Order to Change.

• The Essence of Family Life is Cooperation, Not Togetherness.

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