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What is co-creation with teens anyway?
That’s what co-creation is, helping your teen lean into their desire to exercise their autonomy, independence and agency. It can be applied to almost any subject or experience.
5 Steps to Navigate Teen “Rebellion”
There are 5 steps to navigate teen rebellion.
5 Ways to Reconnect with Your Teen
We know if we want to be heard, we have to hear. Open ended questions set up opportunities to do so with our teens.
It’s Just Not Personal
Albert Einstein purported no problem can be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it. It’s the same in conscious parenting. We cannot meet adolescence with the black and white thinking of authoritarian parenting and expect to prepare them for a world...
Collaborative Problem Solving with Teens
Sometimes teens feel parents are too “demanding” on their free time. Conversely parents may push teens to be more “responsible.” Then comes the back-to-school preparations and the summer of impactful connection and conversation with teachable moments seems to slip...
Try this to soften interactions with teens while growing connection
Affirmations soften tensions and make relationships safe to express exactly who we are.
3 Red Flags to Teens and 4 Ways to Co-create Solutions WITH Them
Your teen doesn’t listen to you because they feel controlled, disrespected and unheard. Connection before correction; connection before instruction; connection first and always
Parent Estrangement is Preventable!
Conscious communication helps family members communicate the truth in their hearts. When we share authentically, fear dissipates and a new template for a lifetime of relating arises.
Parenting Teens Requires Bravery
I often say, my client isn’t the parent or the teen. My client is THE relationship.
The One Mindset Shift You Need to Parent Successfully
Co-creation in conscious parenting is the highest form of respect.
Laura Lyles Reagan, MS
For more than 30 years, Sociologist Laura Lyles Reagan has worked in youth development and parent education. Her approach, called co-creation, helps teens and parents grow the skills they need for positive relationships. Seen here with Dr. Shefali Tsabary, author of The Conscious Parent and Oprah’s “favorite parenting expert,” who invited her to her annual event, Evolve.
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