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Fear of Being Away From Home

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
Most of us are familiar with separation anxiety as it relates to infants and toddlers, but what do you do if your middle-school kid or teenager still has a fear of being away [...]
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When Big Kids Cry Easily

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, mental health, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, tweens
Some kids are just very sensitive.  They cry easily and often, even over situations that others might not feel are such a big deal, and even as they pass the age where we [...]
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Meeting New Friends

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, friendship, parenting, school, self esteem, teens
Switching schools or classes in the middle of the school year can be hard for younger kids, especially when they don’t know anyone in the new place yet. Work with the [...]
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Discipline Vs. Punishment

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, depression, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, self esteem, teens
I found a great explanation of the distinction, taken from Kathy Lynn’s book Who’s In Charge Anyway?: Discipline is not about pain or punishment, nor about revenge [...]
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When Should You Worry About Your Child’s Behaviour?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, depression, health, keeping kids out of trouble, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens
How do you know when you should be worried about your child’s mental health? There are lots of variations of “normal”, so it can be hard to know.  And when you’ve been coping [...]
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Off To Camp

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
Summer is half over, but there’s still lots left to do – maybe your child has sleep-away camp on the agenda during the last four weeks of summer. Camp can be an exciting, but [...]
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Lonely or a Loner?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, friendship, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, school, self esteem, stress, teens
If you are a social butterfly, but you’ve got a kid who’d rather play alone than attend a party, it can lead a parent to wonder if there’s a problem.  The [...]
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How To Encourage

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, self esteem, teens
I was flipping through the book Breaking the Good Mom Myth — written by my MA colleagueAlyson Schafer — and discovered that she had a list remarkably similar to [...]
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Holiday Drama

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, marriage, Pet Peeves, self esteem
With Easter around the corner, many families are planning get-togethers with extended family.  And while this may be a pleasurable expectation for some people, it can hold a [...]
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Worrywart Vs. Anxiety Disorder

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety
Anxiety is one of those things that we all experience.  It’s a normal part of going on a job interview, writing an exam, or meeting your partner’s parents for the first time.  [...]
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Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
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