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The Gift Of Boredom

Andrea Ramsay Speers
entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, tweens
“I’m Bored!” As your kids get older, you may find yourself hearing this refrain less and less (perhaps because your kids spend less and less time hanging around the house with [...]
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But Sometimes They Just Push My Buttons!

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, parenting, Pet Peeves
Patience is an elusive concept for parents.  It can either be something we have (or don’t – as in, “I don’t have a lot of patience for that behaviour”), something we are (or [...]
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Independence Day

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, chores, communication, gratitude, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens, Uncategorised
When is the right age for our children to become “independent”?  There’s no clear answer for this, but we hope that it is sometime before the age of 30 (fingers crossed).  [...]
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Sometimes Kids Just Need To Hear No

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
Nobody likes to disappoint their children.  It’s hard to turn them down, crush their hopes, or deny them.  And it’s particularly hard to deal with their unpleasant reactions [...]
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Doing What Works (And Quitting What Doesn’t)

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, happy families, marriage, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, stress, teens, tweens
People have a tendency to think that if something should work, but it doesn’t, that the next step is to then do that thing harder, more often or more intensely.  (For example, [...]
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When Parents And Grandparents Disagree

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves
A lot of focus is put on how important it is for Mom and Dad to be on the same parenting page — which is definitely important — but a more delicate situation can [...]
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Goals of Misbehaviour Part 4: Inadequacy

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
  This month wraps up our four month series of trying to answer that nagging question, “Why do kids do that?”  Having looked at the “goals” of gaining attention, power, [...]
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Goals Of Misbehaviour Part 3: Revenge

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
  The good news is that we are well on our way to understanding what is driving our kids’ behaviour.  We’ve talked about the first two goals of misbehaviour, getting [...]
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Bathroom Technique

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, Pet Peeves
Time outs are nothing new to parents.  There are many, many parenting approaches that advocate using them with your children.  But what about parents?  Don’t we sometimes need [...]
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A Yelling Resolution

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
I was reading a little poll in an old Today’s Parent magazine.  Even though it was from the December 2009 issue, I thought it would be interesting to post the poll and the [...]
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