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To Party or Not to Party?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, teens
Teenagers have all sorts of great ideas.  These may involve camping unsupervised with a group of friends, going to an unsupervised party at a friend’s house while the [...]
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What To Do With a Stubborn Kid

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens
How many daily power struggles take place in your house?  Do you sometimes feel as though your child is saying “no” just for the sake of being disagreeable?  Well, [...]
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The Democratic Revolution

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting
This article is a bit of a departure for me, in that I didn’t actually write it myself.  It was a handout that I received at a workshop that I attended when I was in [...]
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“Perfect Angels”

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens
I came across a National Post article I cut from the paper many moons ago,entitled Perfect Angels.  It was written by Alan E. Kazdin, who is a professor of psychology and [...]
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Good-bye, June and Ward

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves
What does it mean to be a mother or a father in today’s world? Being a mother used to mean you maintained the home and looked after the kids, while being a father meant that [...]
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Homework For Parents

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, teens
The older your child gets, the less involved you may become in their homework.  Or, then again, you may find yourself nagging and supervising more because less seems to be [...]
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Parent Report Cards

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting
I got this great email last week from Beverley Cathcart-Ross at The Parenting Network – I thought it was so fabulous that I had to share it!  What do you think?  What mark do [...]
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Sensitive Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens
I’ve run into a few people in my practice lately who are what author Elaine Aron would describe as highly sensitive.  These are people who share a list of common traits [...]
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Handling Pet Peeves

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves
What do you do when your usually charming and adorable kids display less than appealing habits?  Perhaps they crack their knuckles, or leave the tv on after they’ve [...]
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What Order Are They?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem
We never really know what goes on inside our children’s minds. We may make educated guesses, and then do the best we can with that information. Well, here’s another tool to [...]
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