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Building Healthy Self-Esteem In Children

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

As parents, we want our kids to feel good about themselves. We want them to feel strong, confident, courageous, and resilient. But even our best efforts can backfire [...]

Morning Routines

Andrea Ramsay Speers

encouragement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, stress, teens, tweens

Kids thrive on routines. We see this clearly with infants and toddlers, but even as kids grow and begin school, they still need for predictability and order. Routines help [...]

Being Mom Enough

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, encouragement, parenting, stress

With all the talk of attachment parenting versus gentle parenting and good mothers versus not-good mothers, one thing really stands out to me. It’s just another example [...]

“Parental Love With Strings Attached”

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, happy families, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

I just reread a classic article about the danger in tying parental love and approval with good behaviour. It was written by Alfie Kohn, a well-known critic of and thinker [...]

You Can Have Excellent Listening Skills!

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, marriage, nagging, newsletter, parenting, stress, teens, tweens

Any psychotherapist will tell you that one of the biggest problems they see among their clients is poor listening skills. People get into trouble in their relationships [...]

Happiness At Home Newsletter: What Makes Us Procrastinate?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

depression, encouragement, mental health, nagging, newsletter, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

All of us procrastinate on occasion. For some people, it’s a chronic problem; for others, it’s only a problem in certain life areas. Procrastination is always frustrating [...]

Encouraging Words

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens, Uncategorised

There has been a movement in parenting in the past number of years that is generally referred to as the “self esteem movement”. The basics of this movement focus on raising a [...]

A Few Of My Favourite Books

Andrea Ramsay Speers

announcements, anxiety, bullying, chores, communication, couples, depression, encouragement, entitlement, friendship, happy families, marriage, mental health, nagging, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

Looking for something to keep you busy over the next few weeks? Books can be a great way to get information, get inspiration and new ideas, and to keep momentum going between [...]

Being A Good Sport

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

There’s a lot of pressure to achieve in our part of the world. We live in a fast-paced culture and there are just so many opportunities available to us. While this [...]

Lowered Expectations

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, chores, communication, encouragement, happy families, mental health, nagging, parenting, self esteem, stress

As parents, we set pretty high standards for ourselves. When we’re expecting our first child, we plan on having a child who listens, who is patient while we’re shopping, who [...]