Learn to Speak Kid with Bonnie & Thomas Liotta
Parenting doesn’t come with a manual—but it can come with a new language. On the Learn to Speak Kid Podcast, Bonnie and Thomas Liotta share a revolutionary parenting philosophy that turns defiance, outbursts, and stress into cooperation, confidence, and peace.
Drawing from 60+ years of combined experience in leadership, personal development, and life-skills training, they teach parents how to stop managing behavior and start leading their children with purpose. Forget quick fixes, labels, and endless therapy. This is about empowering your kids with the life skills they need to thrive—and giving you the clarity and confidence to enjoy parenting again.
Every episode blends real stories, timeless principles, and practical strategies to help you:
Transform power struggles into connection.
Replace punishment and bribes with proactive leadership.
Raise emotionally intelligent, respectful, and self-motivated kids.
Create peace and harmony in your home—guaranteed.
If you’re ready to parent with vision instead of reaction—and to finally enjoy the family life you’ve always dreamed of—this podcast is for you.
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Learn to Speak Kid with Bonnie & Thomas Liotta
Parenting doesn’t come with a manual—but it can come with a new language. On the Learn to Speak Kid Podcast, Bonnie and Thomas Liotta share a revolutionary parenting philosophy that turns defiance, outbursts, and stress into cooperation, confidence, and peace.
Drawing from 60+ years of combined experience in leadership, personal development, and life-skills training, they teach parents how to stop managing behavior and start leading their children with purpose. Forget quick fixes, labels, and endless therapy. This is about empowering your kids with the life skills they need to thrive—and giving you the clarity and confidence to enjoy parenting again.
Every episode blends real stories, timeless principles, and practical strategies to help you:
Transform power struggles into connection.
Replace punishment and bribes with proactive leadership.
Raise emotionally intelligent, respectful, and self-motivated kids.
Create peace and harmony in your home—guaranteed.
If you’re ready to parent with vision instead of reaction—and to finally enjoy the family life you’ve always dreamed of—this podcast is for you.
Why Restraint Exists and Why Children (and staff) Die
Learn to Speak Kid
17 minutes
2 weeks ago
Why Restraint Exists and Why Children (and staff) Die
Hosts Bonnie and Thomas Liotta tackle the tragic reality of restraint-related deaths in schools and therapeutic facilities. Following the October 16, 2025, death of Amy Morrell while restraining a 14-year-old girl, this episode explores why restraint exists, how it escalates from everyday parenting practices, and why over 20 children die from restraint every year in the United States alone.
The Liottas argue that restraint is the endpoint of a continuum that begins at home, starting in infancy, when parents control their children through punishment rather than empowering them with life skills. Drawing on Thomas's experience working with thousands of children without ever using restraints, they reveal how authoritative parenting habits stem from previous generations' authoritarian punishment-based parenting, which still influences modern parenting, but under gentler labels.
This is part one of a three-part series examining how adults create aggressive children and what alternatives exist to transform defiant behavior without force, punishment, medication, or therapy. Click here and start a new empowering parenting journey today.
Learn to Speak Kid
Learn to Speak Kid with Bonnie & Thomas Liotta
Parenting doesn’t come with a manual—but it can come with a new language. On the Learn to Speak Kid Podcast, Bonnie and Thomas Liotta share a revolutionary parenting philosophy that turns defiance, outbursts, and stress into cooperation, confidence, and peace.
Drawing from 60+ years of combined experience in leadership, personal development, and life-skills training, they teach parents how to stop managing behavior and start leading their children with purpose. Forget quick fixes, labels, and endless therapy. This is about empowering your kids with the life skills they need to thrive—and giving you the clarity and confidence to enjoy parenting again.
Every episode blends real stories, timeless principles, and practical strategies to help you:
Transform power struggles into connection.
Replace punishment and bribes with proactive leadership.
Raise emotionally intelligent, respectful, and self-motivated kids.
Create peace and harmony in your home—guaranteed.
If you’re ready to parent with vision instead of reaction—and to finally enjoy the family life you’ve always dreamed of—this podcast is for you.
