Listen to Your Children

How Hearing Their Hearts Builds Calm, Trust, and Connection

By: Reno Smith

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Give the Gift of Connection This Holiday Season

This Holiday Season, give parents something truly lasting — the gift of deeper connection.
Listen to Your Children helps parents strengthen bonds, reduce conflict, and rediscover joy in everyday moments.

Because the most meaningful gift isn’t found under the tree — it’s found in the moments when we listen and truly understand.

Most parents think they're listening. Most kids don't feel heard. This book closes the gap-and helps you stop yelling and start connecting.

Listen to Your Children gives you simple, repeatable habits that turn daily chaos into calm. Instead of lectures and power struggles, you'll use presence, curiosity, and age-right dialogue so kids open up and listen back.

You'll learn how to:

• Use the 60-Second Reset to move from half-listening to full presence - so you stay calm instead of yelling
• Ask questions that work with preschoolers, school-age kids, and teens
• Swap time-outs for time-ins, set clear limits without threats, and repair after conflict
• Handle tantrums, big feelings, and defiance with connection-first scripts
• Talk about TV/Phone screens, gaming, and social media without fights
• Hear every voice in blended, multicultural, LGBTQ+, and neurodiverse families
• Build resilience and independence-without rescuing
• Protect your patience with quick, guilt-free self-care

Short stories, ready-to-use scripts, and micro-exercises make it doable.

The result: Fewer meltdowns, more trust, and a child who brings you the small things, so you're there for the big ones.

Be: "The Parent You Deserve" — "Healing Conversations That Change Families"

Reno Smith, formerly a global executive, attorney, senior White House and Senate official, soldier, business owner, husband of 40 years, and father of two. His approach is practical, research-informed, and built for real family life.