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. I help coaching clients practice them in targeted ways and they re-ignite deep connection with teens in the Back on Track Family Communication Model. I...
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...
Try this to soften interactions with teens while growing connection
Parents are surprised to learn and experience that their teens want to connect deeply with them as their parents more than anyone else in the world. The key to unlocking teen engagement and their latent desire to connect with parents and hear parents, is the first...
3 Red Flags to Teens and 4 Ways to Co-create Solutions WITH Them
The main reason your teen doesn’t listen to you, seemingly isolates away with their phone in their room and refuses to engage in family activities is, they feel controlled, disrespected and unheard! It doesn’t mean you haven’t tried to listen, it means...
Parent Estrangement is Preventable!
Have you heard of young adults going “no contact” with their parents after they are financially independent? It’s been all over my social media feeds. Grieving parents. Sad. It’s called parent estrangement and here’s my take. I’ve been...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.