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Mistakes Happen

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
Nobody’s perfect; we all know that. But it would appear that the best way to motivate children and get them to modify their behaviour is by paying less attention to their [...]
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Happiness At Home Newsletter: Help! I Need To Make A Decision!

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, mental health, stress
Many people who come to my office say they have a difficult time making decisions. I have developed a process to help my clients master this skill. I recommend that people [...]
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19Dec

Kids and Stress

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, health, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens
What are the symptoms of stress? You can probably name a few that you recognize in yourself – irritability, emotionality, trouble sleeping, inability to concentrate – but what [...]
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No More Pity Parties

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, entitlement, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
Nobody likes to see their kids get hurt.  Every parent would like to think that it’s possible for them to help their child make it through life with no hardships, no [...]
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How To Talk To Your Kids About A World Crisis

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
Between the Paris attacks in November, Sandy Hook a year or so before, and now the mass shooting in Orlando, parents have, sadly, never had more opportunity to talk about [...]
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Conversation Basics

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, friendship, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, tweens
I think every parent wants to raise a polite child.  Sometimes how that is defined varies from family to family, but overall, there are some things that we have as a culture [...]
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Skin Deep

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, keeping kids out of trouble, mental health, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens, weight
We’d all like to think that appearances don’t matter as much as what’s on the inside does. But if you haven’t heard, even researchers have to sadly admit that better looking [...]
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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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Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
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