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Making Change Happen

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
If you’ve ever resolved to be a “better” parent or partner (and who hasn’t?)  you may have felt a moment or two of frustration over your lack of [...]
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Happiness At Home: I Have Everything I’ve Ever Dreamed Of. Why Am I Not Happy?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, happy families, health, mental health, newsletter, self esteem, stress
Signs of Discontent You don’t need a degree in psychology to know when you’re off-track, but sometimes it creeps up on you. It can seem like you wake up one day and realize [...]
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How Do Your Kids Inspire You?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
gratitude, happy families, parenting, teens, tweens
In what ways do your kids inspire you?  Maybe they have an amazing attitude, or a great way of looking at the world when things get tough, or maybe just their outlook on life [...]
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Teaching Our Kids Respect

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, teens, tweens
Respect is a big words for parents.  Usually when we talk about respect, we talk about things like respecting our rules, respecting me as a parent or respecting that when I [...]
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Eliminate Criticism and Minimize Mistakes

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
This is the title of a chapter in Rudolph Dreikurs’ classic parenting book Children: The Challenge.  It can be a tough concept for a parent to really grasp, though, [...]
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Conversation Basics

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, friendship, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, tweens
I think every parent wants to raise a polite child.  Sometimes how that is defined varies from family to family, but overall, there are some things that we have as a culture [...]
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“Fighting Fair”?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, mental health, nagging, Pet Peeves, stress
All couples disagree at some point.  It’s not realistic to think that we’ll see eye-to-eye on everything over the course of a long marriage.  Disagreeing isn’t the issue; how [...]
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Interruption Disruption

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
I’m of the belief that one of the hardest parts of parenting is the constant interruptions.  It could be interruptions while you’re talking, or just the idea that a parent’s [...]
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Is It Wrong To Ask For Help?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
bullying, communication, couples, depression, happy families, health, keeping kids out of trouble, marriage, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
We live in a culture that values independence.  There’s a common belief that everyone can and should take care of themselves alone, pull themselves up by their bootstraps and [...]
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Happiness At Home: How To Manage Sibling Rivalry

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, newsletter, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
It is human nature to feel competitive and envious toward others. A moderate spirit of competition is a positive and productive attribute in school and in business. Sibling [...]
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Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
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