A new book by
Lainie Liberti
written for parents of teens & tweens
Supporting Parents to Choose Connection over Coercion
In normal times, adolescence is not easy. Changes in the external world can amplify internal changes and make it more difficult for teens to cope, let alone thrive. During adolescence, parents often struggle to remain connected with their teens. Lainie Liberti helps parents understand their teen’s developmental stages and behaviors in an easy to follow format through stories, research, applied psychology and science-backed tools. Prepared with the right tools, parents can support their teens on a journey towards greater mental health.
Throughout this inspirational book, you’ll explore a new conceptual framework for parenting which will transform your relationships. Be prepared to do the uncomfortable work required in order to support your teen through some of the biggest mental health challenges our generation has ever experienced.
In addition to providing a set of powerful tools, this book will offer a roadmap to learning:
Common teen myths
Healing traumas
Partnership parenting
Mentorship benefits
Teen brain basics
Are you ready?
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In countries outside the US, please go to Amazon in your country and type in the words “seen, heard, understood + Lainie Liberti” and you’ll find the book!
"Lainie Liberti provides relief from the fear-based need to control your teen, allowing partnership to replace domination. With a validating voice, she provides tools to heal yourself, such that you don’t have to react to your teen from your pain, but respond from your love."
~Naomi Aldort, Author of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves; Transforming Parent-Child Relationship from Reaction and Struggle to Freedom, Power and Joy
~Naomi Aldort, Author of Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves; Transforming Parent-Child Relationship from Reaction and Struggle to Freedom, Power and Joy
Naomi Aldort
Author
"Do you feel there must be a better way to live with your teenager, but don't know how to start? This book could be just what you need. A powerful call to parents to look directly at young people, listen to where they are coming from and support them to find the life they want to lead. Combining personal experience, neuroscientific research and practical tools, Lainie guides you towards a different way of being with your teen, moving from coercion and manipulation to partnership and connection."
~Dr. Naomi Fisher, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Changing Our Minds: How Children Can Take Control of their Own Learning
~Dr. Naomi Fisher, Clinical Psychologist and Author of Changing Our Minds: How Children Can Take Control of their Own Learning
John Doe
Designer
“Seen, Heard & Understood is an exciting must-read for parents interested in supporting their teens through partnership for greater mental health. This book offers practical, insightful strategies and exercises for families interested in a non-authoritarian approach to parenting. I highly recommend it for parents rethinking their current paradigm, for adolescents looking for a better way to relate to their parents, and for potential future parents who seek to nurture the next generation of well rounded young adults. With this book, parents and adolescents can heal the wounds from their childhood and reshape the trajectory of the world.” ~Derrick Broze, Journalist, Founder of The Conscious Resistance Network
John Doe
Designer
“What’s Lainie’s magic formula? Mixing her reflections on her own hard experiences combined with an extensive study of developmental psychology. Her presentation led me to reflect on my own upbringing, my parenting choices, and my professional work with teens over the past three decades. Lainie’s thoughtful synthesis and useful set of tools will support each of us in making a difference for families.”
~Kenneth Danford, Executive Director, North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens
~Kenneth Danford, Executive Director, North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens
Naomi Aldort
Author
“Finally.. a book that sees and understands the unique needs of teenagers without all the negative stereotypes. This book is a gem.”
~Christiane Northrup, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of Goddesses Never Age, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
~Christiane Northrup, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of Goddesses Never Age, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
John Doe
Designer
“As a mom of two teenagers, and a longtime admirer of Lainie Liberti’s work, I value her insights on prioritizing connection over coercion in our parenting approach. Seen, Heard & Understood provides the tools and inspiration to build a powerful, peaceful partnership with our teens.”
~Kerry McDonald, Author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom
~Kerry McDonald, Author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom
John Doe
Designer
“This book is a major contribution to unschooling and homeschooling families and to the movement for reimagining education. It names the proverbial elephant in the room. Unless we as parents heal our own intergenerational trauma and face our fears and anxieties, we risk passing these to our children. Born out of many years of hands-on experience, this book offers very practical tools for how we can enter into partnership parenting and build a genuine learning culture with our teens centered around freedom and accountability. It is a powerful post-Covid roadmap for navigating the inner world of our teens and ourselves as adults. Lainie Liberti has gifted us with the parent’s liberation handbook for our times.”
~Manish Jain, Co-Founder of the Swaraj University, Learning Societies Network and Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development of Udaipur, India
~Manish Jain, Co-Founder of the Swaraj University, Learning Societies Network and Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development of Udaipur, India
Naomi Aldort
Author
“Lainie’s book is such a vital read and all the more so at this current moment in time. Studies are coming in from around the world highlighting unprecedented numbers of young people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, and other mental and physical illnesses. Many teens are worn down by society at such an early age but we can change this by listening to the ideas in this book. Having parents or caregivers who understand their needs and developmental stages and who can help encourage and support in such caring ways as Lainie outlines, can be life changing (or life-saving). This book provides the research and theoretical background in understandable and applied ways and is like a warm, snuggly blanket for parents who want to help their youth but feel overwhelmed. The processes and works outlined lead to such in depth change for the entire family system. I fully recommend digging into this for anyone who is a parent or works with young people.”
~Dr. Kate Green, PhD Developmental Psychology
~Dr. Kate Green, PhD Developmental Psychology
John Doe
Designer
“There is no one who knows teenagers better than Lainie Liberti. She cares deeply about them and wants them to always feel seen, heard, and understood. If you are a parent, a guardian, or an individual who works with adolescents, this book is a must read. It is one of the most kind, gentle, and wise books on teens and teen behavior that I have ever read.”
~Gina Riley, Ph.D. Clinical Professor of Adolescent Special Education City University of New York - Hunter College and author of Unschooling: Exploring Learning Beyond the Classroom
~Gina Riley, Ph.D. Clinical Professor of Adolescent Special Education City University of New York - Hunter College and author of Unschooling: Exploring Learning Beyond the Classroom
John Doe
Designer
“When it comes right down to it, we all just want to be seen, heard and understood so we can lead our lives in the most authentic way possible. This book is positively bursting with scientific research, practical information, personal guidance, and heartfelt advice for any parents raising the mysterious and beautiful beings known as teens. Reading this book will not only change your relationship with your teen but challenge your assumptions about yourself as a parent in the most positive and beneficial of ways.”
~Jeremy Stuart, Filmmaker, Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside of the Classroom and Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners
~Jeremy Stuart, Filmmaker, Class Dismissed: A Film About Learning Outside of the Classroom and Self-Taught: Life Stories From Self-Directed Learners
Naomi Aldort
Author
“What a thought-provoking, enjoyable and easy read this book is! Lainie Liberti presents to her readers a transformative guide on how to be in partnership with your teens. Especially as you navigate building your relationship with them based on trust, understanding and deep knowledge of each other. If you have pre-teens/teens in your life, this book is a must read!”
~Erika Davis-Pitre, President, HSC-Homeschool Association of California
~Erika Davis-Pitre, President, HSC-Homeschool Association of California
John Doe
Designer
“I’m so happy Lainie has written this fabulous book! She shares so many tools to help parents of teens navigate through adolescence. I’ve known Lainie for years - always connecting with teens, seeing them, listening to them and really understanding them! And now, through this book, so many more will benefit from her wisdom, passion, and insight!”
Sue Patterson, Parenting Coach & Author of Homeschooled Teens: 75 Young People Speak about their Lives without School
Sue Patterson, Parenting Coach & Author of Homeschooled Teens: 75 Young People Speak about their Lives without School
John Doe
Designer
“Humanity is in the midst of a tidal wave of change. Old paradigms are crumbling. A more beautiful new world is emerging. In the area of education and parenting, many conscious families are stepping into a more respectful partnership-based paradigm. We're letting go of old ways based on control and behavior modification, and choosing the new paradigm based on kindness, respect, and mutual understanding. In doing so, we're healing on all levels and creating a more peaceful world where humanity can blossom into our fullest possibilities.
For parents who resonate with this new paradigm, Lainie's book is an absolute treasure trove of gifts! Weaving together inspirational stories with science-backed tools, Lainie takes you on a rich and insightful journey, so that you can navigate your own parenting path with greater courage, wisdom, and inner clarity. Highly recommended for parents of teens who value sovereignty, respect, and freedom. Highly recommended for all families who wish to cocreate a more kind, compassionate, and peaceful world.”
~Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan, Consciousness & Human Potential coach, Author of "SuperWellness" & upcoming book "Luminous Kids"
For parents who resonate with this new paradigm, Lainie's book is an absolute treasure trove of gifts! Weaving together inspirational stories with science-backed tools, Lainie takes you on a rich and insightful journey, so that you can navigate your own parenting path with greater courage, wisdom, and inner clarity. Highly recommended for parents of teens who value sovereignty, respect, and freedom. Highly recommended for all families who wish to cocreate a more kind, compassionate, and peaceful world.”
~Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan, Consciousness & Human Potential coach, Author of "SuperWellness" & upcoming book "Luminous Kids"
Naomi Aldort
Author
“What Lainie Liberti and her son, Miro have accomplished as a mom and son team, especially with Project World School, is fantastic, amazing, and awe-inspiring! What made their adventure of a lifetime possible was parent-child connection built on a growing and deepening secure parent-child attachment relationship.
Lainie refers to this as partnership or facilitator parenting, something that doesn't come easy for parents who grew up in authoritarian systems.
Lainie had to courageously face and challenge the triggers of her own childhood trauma in order to make that deep connection with her son.
Lainie 's book reassures parents that you and your child CAN build this connection, too! She gently challenges parents to explore the childhood traumas in their own pasts that lead them to become triggered by their wonderful adolescents today.
Lainie's book is packed with tools and worksheets to help parents and adolescents improve their relationship, understand one another, deepen their connection, and expand the bounds of freedom for both... Imagine what wonderful adventures you and your child can discover or even invent as a result!”
~Laurie A. Couture, author of Instead of Medicating and Punishing: Healing the Causes of Our Children's Acting-Out Behavior By Parenting and Educating the Way Nature Intended and the upcoming book, Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons.
Lainie refers to this as partnership or facilitator parenting, something that doesn't come easy for parents who grew up in authoritarian systems.
Lainie had to courageously face and challenge the triggers of her own childhood trauma in order to make that deep connection with her son.
Lainie 's book reassures parents that you and your child CAN build this connection, too! She gently challenges parents to explore the childhood traumas in their own pasts that lead them to become triggered by their wonderful adolescents today.
Lainie's book is packed with tools and worksheets to help parents and adolescents improve their relationship, understand one another, deepen their connection, and expand the bounds of freedom for both... Imagine what wonderful adventures you and your child can discover or even invent as a result!”
~Laurie A. Couture, author of Instead of Medicating and Punishing: Healing the Causes of Our Children's Acting-Out Behavior By Parenting and Educating the Way Nature Intended and the upcoming book, Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons.
John Doe
Designer
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