What It Takes to Impact Teens
The research is in! I’ve been academically published in the Journal of Applied Social Science for social youth development research about what teens tell us impacts them about the adults in their lives. If you do these things as a parent, you can deepen your...
One of the Most Common Parenting Mistakes
One of the most common parenting mistakes I see as a family sociologist and parenting communication coach is talking to our kids as if they are NOT our equals! For example, would you ever threaten to take away your husband’s car if he wasn’t listening to...
3 Reasons Why Parenting Your Teen Is Harder Today
If you feel parenting teens in this complicated time is overwhelming and harder than you imagined, you are not alone and sociologically, you are 100% right! It is incredibly hard!! Families are dealing with things in the digital age that they have never faced before,...
Turn Parenting Anxiety to Confidence
I believe parenting anxiety is the byproduct of parenting alone or in isolation. We were intended to parent in supportive groups, tribes, villages and societies. Let’s face it, society is anything but supportive right now. Asking for help requires bravery and of...
How To Develop Respect Between Parents and Teens
Co-creation in conscious parenting is the highest form of respect. Co-creation goes beyond the non-coercive parenting approach because power is no longer the basis of relating. Power sharing can’t be the basis of relationship because parents will always have...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.