KUT 90.5 Interview: Learning to Listen
KUT 90.5 Interview: Learning to Listen

KUT 90.5 Interview: Learning to Listen

Learning to Listen
Julie Moody of KUT 90.5 interviews Sandy Blackard, founder of Language of Listening® (approx. 3 min):

Adrian Ionescu shares his struggle to connect with his 2-year-old son. Julie shares her struggle to get her 14-year-old son off his video games at night.

Sandy explains how listening can help parents understand their children’s needs. Hara Cootes of the UT Child Development Center agrees — listening is the key.

“Ask any parent, and they will tell you that parenting is a lifelong learning experience. Most come to it ill-equipped, with little experience or training at first, and learn the skills needed with mistakes made along the way.

But what if you could improve your parenting skills by simply learning to listen more? There is a training for parents called Language of Listening® that could possibly help.”

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