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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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Do Cell Phones Make Our Kids Safer?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, parenting, teens
We live in a worried society.  We worry about everything — real and imagined — and we go out of our way to protect ourselves against these dangers.  But in [...]
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Happiness at Home: Simplify Your Life

Andrea Ramsay Speers
newsletter, parenting, self esteem
Here’s the article from my most recent newsletter… Most people say they want to simplify their lives because they feel like they have lost control of their time. [...]
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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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Some Valuable Lessons For All Our Kids Suffering From A Sense Of Entitlement

Andrea Ramsay Speers
entitlement, gratitude, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens
I just got a “chain email” sent to me, and although I usually just delete them (sorry if you’ve ever sent me one, but I just don’t have time to worry [...]
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The “More, More, More” Epidemic

Andrea Ramsay Speers
allowance, communication, parenting, Pet Peeves
We live in an era of rampant consumerism. Raise your hand if you’ve ever caught yourself trying to keep up with the Jones’…or at the very least snuck an undercover look at [...]
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The Great Sleep-over Debate

Andrea Ramsay Speers
friendship, parenting, teens
When I was a teenager, sleep-overs were an integral part of my social life.  And, to be honest, they were pretty harmless.  No boys, no drugs, no sneaking out…the [...]
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Video Games as the New Books?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens
I read an interesting article on boys and video games, discussing how literacy rates are dropping for boys, but some researchers aren’t concerned because they feel video [...]
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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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Hate The Sin, Not The Sinner

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens
As parents we are so often gobsmacked by our teen’s behaviour.  We expect toddlers to write on walls and to throw their spaghetti across the kitchen, and we try our [...]
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