take long before these kids think, _I don't have to do anything my parent says._

It is important to remember that Love and Logic parents are not permissive. Even though they treat their children with dignity and seldom bark orders, they expect that their wishes and requests will be honored. Their children believe in the old saying "Your wish is my command." Children who live in Love and Logic homes have learned through experience that everybody wins when they are cooperative. Now, have these kids ever tested authority? Sure they have. How else did they learn that defiance doesn't pay?

Just like the teacher in the second scenario, parents can set themselves up to be winners as authority figures by using some of the following "Thinking Word Requests" instead ofPueblo (Minnequa). We reverse.
This matter arises from the payment in 1978 and 1979 of two checks totalling $30,-000 drawn on the Minnequa account of Thomas Stjernholm which were payable to LINA. The checks were given to an agent *811 of LINA in consideration for a single premium annuity. The agent deposited the checks in his own account at CNB, having endorsed them without authorization. CNB collected the $30,000 from Minnequa, who withdrew the funds from Stjernholm's account.
Stjernholm had received an annuity contract, apparently properly signed, from the agent. The unauthorized endorsements were not discovered by Stjernholm until 1984, when he was told that LINA had not issued the annuity contract in his possession. Stjernholm filed suit against LINA, Investors, and Minnequa seeking recovery of his funds. LINA and