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Listening To Our Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
How well do you listen to your kids?  Many parents would pat themselves on the back when it comes to keeping communication flowing between themselves and their children. But [...]
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Making The Most Of Summer Birthdays (Even If It’s An Un-Birthday)

Andrea Ramsay Speers
happy families, holidays, parenting, teens, tweens
As a winter baby, I never had to experience the disappointment of inviting friends to a party but having them all at the cottage on the appointed day.  Or of not knowing how [...]
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Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
Following through as a parent is hard.  Who among us has not threatened to cancel Christmas or a vacation, knowing full well that we’d never do it?  Who hasn’t said to [...]
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Terrible Teens

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, happy families, parenting, teens
Many of my parenting clients with young children are already worrying about the teen years.  They’ve heard horror stories – or remember being a horror story to their own [...]
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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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Time To Think

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
In the daily grind of making lunches, arriving on time, homework, and all of the other activities that fill our days, it can be easy to lose sight of our big-picture parenting [...]
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Fears And Phobias

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, happy families, mental health, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
Kids develop fears.  It could be separation anxiety as a toddler, a fear of clowns as a preschooler, or a dread of public speaking as a school-ager.   About one in 30 children [...]
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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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The Importance Of Attachment

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens
“Attachment” is something that parents, particularly of babies, think about.  How do we help our kids develop healthy attachment, and how do we know if we’re doing it right?   [...]
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Encouraging Respect In Our Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
“Respect” is an important word for parents.  We want our kids to respect us as parents, respect all we do for them, and respect other people.   We want them to [...]
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