Assertive Communication: 20 Tips
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Most of us know that assertiveness will get you further in life than being passive or aggressive. But few of us were actually taught how to be assertive. Here are some helpful [...]
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“Children Don’t Really Misbehave”
Andrea Ramsay Speers
This great article was brought to my attention by Alyson Schafer’s email update (Alyson, if you don’t know, is a parenting expert regularly featured on CTV News, the Ask An [...]
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Effort Versus Result
Andrea Ramsay Speers
With report cards comes a whole host of anxiety. For both parents and kids. I’ve seen parents in my office wield their children’s grades as though they are daring me to not be [...]
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Sass, Back Talk, and Smart Mouths
Andrea Ramsay Speers
When your child says something spiteful and hurtful to you, how do you handle it? Our response is key to determining whether or not your child will use that behaviour again, [...]
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The Connection Between Our Expectations and Independent Kids
Andrea Ramsay Speers
I recently read a very interesting article titled “My Rules For My Kids: Eat Your Vegetables; Don’t Blame The Teacher”. (Actually, the first version I saw was called [...]
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Bullying and The Adult Bystander
Andrea Ramsay Speers
In reading some information on bullying recently, I was reminded of an Oprah show from a number of years ago, that was a tag-on to the ABC Primetime series “What Would [...]
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The Truth, Lies, and Everything In Between
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Someone asked me recently, how much is too much information for a child when it comes to difficult topics like divorce, death, and bankruptcy. Should we really be honest [...]
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The Sleep-Deprived Teenager
How much sleep do you get? As someone who has struggled with sleep problems most of my life, I’m very interested in sleep issues and very conscientious about giving my [...]
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Social Media Tips
Worried that this whole social media thing is slipping through your fingers when it comes to your kids? This is an amazing list of tips for social media sharing, especially [...]
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To Party or Not to Party?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Teenagers have all sorts of great ideas. These may involve camping unsupervised with a group of friends, going to an unsupervised party at a friend’s house while the [...]
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