087 How You Can Have Honest Conversations with Your Teen Right Now with Laura Reagan

Listen to this episode, "How You Can Have Honest Conversations with Your Teen Right Now with Laura Reiger" as Family Sociologist and Parent and Teen Communication coach, Laura Reagan joins Dori Durbin. 

Are you struggling REALLY talking to your teen about tough issues . . . Then this episode is for YOU!  Family Sociologist, Laura Reagan offers the "conscious parenting" approach and explains why authoritarian parenting tactics are ineffective with today's digital generation of teens. Laura shares how open communication, active listening, "I" statements, and being "at the same level" can benefit your relationship. 

Laura also shares: 

• Why Authoritarian Parenting Doesn't Work Anymore
• The Value of Seeing Teens as Equals
• Conscious Communication Skills: Part 1 - Open-Ended Questions and Affirmations
• Conscious Communication Skills: Part 2 - Active Listening and "I" Statements
• Navigating Tough Conversations: Grades, Curfews, and Attitudes 
• Approaching Risky Behaviors with Curiosity, Not Judgment
• Building Lifelong Trust Through Gentle Parenting
• Putting Conscious Communication into Practice
• The Benefits for Teens' Future Success
• Additional Resources

About Laura:
Laura Lyles Reagan, MS is a family sociologist specializing in parent and teen communication. She helps both parents and teens move from conflict to connection without drama. Unique to her approach is the understanding of the different social locations of parents and teens. Quite simply she helps parents talk in a way that teens hear and listen in a way that teens want to open up. She is a social leader in the conscious parenting movement and uses conscious communication skills to help parents and teens co-create solutions to problems and build positive futures together. Laura is also the award-winning author of How to Raise Respectful Parents: Better Communication for Teen and Parent Relationships, which is based on original youth development research titled, "Dynamic Duos." Her interest in social location, justice and equality has spanned a career of service in the nonprofit sector, from youth development to education advocacy and parent educator training to family recovery from addiction program development in Mexico City. 

Follow Laura:
https://LauraLReagan.com

Find Laura's Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Respectful-Parents-COMMUNICATION-RELATIONSHIPS/dp/1945181028

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More about Dori Durbin:
Dori Durbin is a Christian wife, mom, author, illustrator, and a kids’ book coach who after experiencing a life-changing illness, quickly switched gears to follow her dream. She creates kids’ books to provide a fun and safe passageway for kids and parents to dig deeper and experience empowered lives. Dori also coaches non-fiction authors, professionals, and aspiring authors to “kid-size” their content into informational and engaging kids’ books! Find out more here:  https://doridurbin.com/

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