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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 [...]
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Gratitude in the Time of Abundance

Andrea Ramsay Speers
entitlement, gratitude, happy families, holidays, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
It’s hard not to notice how much our kids have.  One study found that not that long ago – only a few decades – the average child had 50 toys.  By 1995, that number had jumped [...]
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Hands-On Parenting: Too Much Of A Good Thing

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, entitlement, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
I first became aware of the term “helicopter parent” many years ago. It was in an article by Amanda Robb in the July 2008 issue of O Magazine. The term was coined by former [...]
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Whose Work Is Housework?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, entitlement, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
Not many of us relish doing housework.  Most of us hardly get a kick out of cleaning the mini-blinds and baseboards.   Kids?  They tend to enjoy it even less.  But if we all [...]
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Raising Responsible Children

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, entitlement, gratitude, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, self esteem, teens, tweens
When I ask parents what kind of adults they hope their children will grow to be, they often use words like responsible, respectful, and independent.  Which is a worthy goal, [...]
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The Gift Of Boredom

Andrea Ramsay Speers
entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, tweens
“I’m Bored!” As your kids get older, you may find yourself hearing this refrain less and less (perhaps because your kids spend less and less time hanging around the house with [...]
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Sometimes Kids Just Need To Hear No

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
Nobody likes to disappoint their children.  It’s hard to turn them down, crush their hopes, or deny them.  And it’s particularly hard to deal with their unpleasant reactions [...]
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The Importance Of Failing

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, gratitude, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
It’s tempting for a parent to want to spare one’s kids the pain of failure.  No one likes to see someone that they care about – and that they’ve been charged with protecting – [...]
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Ask One, Then The Other

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
How do you handle a child who doesn’t take “no” for an answer, but instead quietly goes to the other parent and asks the same question? Kids can be crafty, [...]
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Are The Inmates Running The Asylum?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
When parents learn some of the basic principles of Democratic Parenting, those with a background in more traditional “do as you’re told” parenting styles [...]
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