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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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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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Procrastination

Andrea Ramsay Speers
nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, teens
I read an article recently that was targeted at parents of kids ages 12 to 14, that was about helping kids keep from procrastinating on their homework.  But it was all about [...]
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Sulking as an Art Form

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens
Where do kids learn to sulk like they do??  I often see a fair bit of sulking in my office…but as a non-family-member, I can usually pull them out of it before too long. [...]
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Weight Worries

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, weight
What do you do if you’re worried about your teen’s weight? Begin by recognizing that however unhappy you are about the weight, your teen is guaranteed to be even [...]
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Taking Their Behaviour Personally

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt personally responsible for something your child has done.  We have some laws in Ontario that make a parent legally responsible for [...]
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Why Won’t They Just Listen?! How To Communicate With Your Kids (or Anyone, For That Matter)

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves
Parents everywhere complain that their kids just don’t listen to them. But the question worth considering is, how well do we listen to our kids? As in all aspects of [...]
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Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
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