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10Feb

Family Meeting How-To’s

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, gratitude, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
Family meetings can be one of your best discipline strategies as a parent. Here’s what your kids learn from participating in family meetings:  Listening skills   Brainstorming [...]
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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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Bribes Versus Rewards

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, gratitude, happy families, nagging, parenting, school, self esteem, teens, tweens, Uncategorised
Here’s an interesting question: what’s the difference between a reward and a bribe?  Many would say that the distinction comes down to the use of the word [...]
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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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Independence Day

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, chores, communication, gratitude, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens, Uncategorised
When is the right age for our children to become “independent”?  There’s no clear answer for this, but we hope that it is sometime before the age of 30 (fingers crossed).  [...]
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Happiness At Home: Letting Go Of The Past

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, gratitude, mental health, nagging, newsletter, self esteem, stress
People have a difficult time letting go of the past because they are held back by unfinished business. They may regret choices they have made or feel guilty about past [...]
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30Jan

What Are You Tolerating?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, gratitude, mental health, Pet Peeves, stress
We all have things that we tolerate in our lives. Some of them are big things (like a nasty neighbour), but many of them are small things (a messy desk is an example), and we [...]
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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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A New Year’s Challenge

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, gratitude, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens, tweens
What is one thing you could do this month to improve your relationship with your children? We all know that we’re not perfect and that we have room to improve.  So [...]
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5 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Family Life

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, gratitude, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens, tweens
Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of our lives today, we can find ourselves pretty removed from the family that is so important to us. Here are 5 things you can do – today! – [...]
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