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“Parental Love With Strings Attached”

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, happy families, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

I just reread a classic article about the danger in tying parental love and approval with good behaviour. It was written by Alfie Kohn, a well-known critic of and thinker [...]

“No” Is A Complete Sentence

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

As parents (and moms in particular), we often have a hard time saying no. Whether it’s to a sleep over we’re not sure we’re comfortable with or whipping up eight unicorn [...]

Protecting Our Kids From Internet Porn

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, parenting, teens, tweens

We’d all like to keep our kids away from graphic and disturbing internet pornography. Filtering tools give us a feeling of safety, but unfortunately researchers have [...]

Why Kids Need Chores

Andrea Ramsay Speers

chores, happy families, parenting, teens, tweens

Back when actual papers were delivered to our house, I would cut out articles that were relevant to my work as a psychotherapist. I was recently cleaning out my files and came [...]

Happiness At Home: Managing Today’s Stepfamilies

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, couples, happy families, marriage, newsletter, parenting, stress, teens, tweens

If you are a member of a stepfamily, you know how difficult it can be to integrate all of the new members and adjust to the new boundaries and rules. The following ideas may [...]

Happiness At Home: 12 Rules For Constructive Communication

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, marriage, nagging, newsletter, parenting, teens, tweens, Uncategorised

Poor communication patterns erode self-esteem and harm relationships but sadly, plenty of people fall into the trap of indulging in them. If you and your relationship partners [...]

You Can Have Excellent Listening Skills!

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, marriage, nagging, newsletter, parenting, stress, teens, tweens

Any psychotherapist will tell you that one of the biggest problems they see among their clients is poor listening skills. People get into trouble in their relationships [...]

Happiness At Home Newsletter: What Makes Us Procrastinate?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

depression, encouragement, mental health, nagging, newsletter, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

All of us procrastinate on occasion. For some people, it’s a chronic problem; for others, it’s only a problem in certain life areas. Procrastination is always frustrating [...]

Encouraging Words

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens, Uncategorised

There has been a movement in parenting in the past number of years that is generally referred to as the “self esteem movement”. The basics of this movement focus on raising a [...]

A Few Of My Favourite Books

Andrea Ramsay Speers

announcements, anxiety, bullying, chores, communication, couples, depression, encouragement, entitlement, friendship, happy families, marriage, mental health, nagging, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

Looking for something to keep you busy over the next few weeks? Books can be a great way to get information, get inspiration and new ideas, and to keep momentum going between [...]