Good-bye, June and Ward
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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
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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“I Quit”
Andrea Ramsay Speers
If your teen has been involved in a sport or music lessons or similar activity regularly over the past number of years, you might find that as he gets further into his teen [...]
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Parent Report Cards
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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
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
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
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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Happiness At Home: Why Am I So Anxious?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Every human feels anxiety on occasion; it is a part of life. All of us know what it is like to feel worry, nervousness, fear, and concern. We feel nervous when we have to give [...]
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Procrastination
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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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What’s Eating Our Kids?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Did you know that eating disorders are starting to be diagnosed in girls as young as 11? Traditionally, they were not thought to be diagnosable until closer to adulthood, but [...]
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