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Talking to Our Daughters About Sex

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, communication, gender, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens
You may or may not have already had “the talk” with your kids, your daughters in particular.  You may be avoiding it like the plague, you may feel that [...]
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Body Image and Teens

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, self esteem, teens, weight
A lot is made of the media’s obsession with thinness.  And it’s true — the media is obsessed with the thin and the beautiful.  But at the same time that we, [...]
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That Awkward Stage

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens
Sometimes kids’ bodies grow faster than their brain is equipped to handle it.  You may have noticed your young teen seems more gangly and uncoordinated lately, [...]
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The Shower Is This Way

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves
If you’re a parent of a pre-teen, you’ve probably struggled with the hygiene issue.  Now that he’s too old to be dumped by you into the tub, you may find [...]
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What’s Eating Our Kids?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, health, parenting, self esteem, teens, weight
Did you know that eating disorders are starting to be diagnosed in girls as young as 11?  Traditionally, they were not thought to be diagnosable until closer to adulthood, but [...]
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Weight Worries

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, weight
What do you do if you’re worried about your teen’s weight? Begin by recognizing that however unhappy you are about the weight, your teen is guaranteed to be even [...]
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Andrea Ramsay Speers

Registered Psychotherapist

Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
Office Phone : 905-491-6949
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