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Eliminate Criticism and Minimize Mistakes

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
This is the title of a chapter in Rudolph Dreikurs’ classic parenting book Children: The Challenge.  It can be a tough concept for a parent to really grasp, though, [...]
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Conversation Basics

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, friendship, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, tweens
I think every parent wants to raise a polite child.  Sometimes how that is defined varies from family to family, but overall, there are some things that we have as a culture [...]
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“Fighting Fair”?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, mental health, nagging, Pet Peeves, stress
All couples disagree at some point.  It’s not realistic to think that we’ll see eye-to-eye on everything over the course of a long marriage.  Disagreeing isn’t the issue; how [...]
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Interruption Disruption

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
I’m of the belief that one of the hardest parts of parenting is the constant interruptions.  It could be interruptions while you’re talking, or just the idea that a parent’s [...]
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Happiness At Home: How To Manage Sibling Rivalry

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, newsletter, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
It is human nature to feel competitive and envious toward others. A moderate spirit of competition is a positive and productive attribute in school and in business. Sibling [...]
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A String on the Finger

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, teens, tweens
One of the things that never fails to set parents off is when kids are chronically forgetful.  And it can be a long haul to get kids to accept the responsibility of [...]
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“So, How Was School?”

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, teens, tweens
Does that question make your kids clam up?  Instead of asking a blanket question like this, try asking about a specific class, for example, or what they did during recess.  [...]
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When Big Kids Cry Easily

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, mental health, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, tweens
Some kids are just very sensitive.  They cry easily and often, even over situations that others might not feel are such a big deal, and even as they pass the age where we [...]
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Job Description: Parent

Andrea Ramsay Speers
parenting, Pet Peeves
Many years ago, a colleague forwarded this to me, and it’s too funny (in a sad-but-true!) way not to share.  I’d happily credit the author for this little laugh, if only [...]
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Back in Black

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, depression, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens
When I was in high school, the cafeteria was unofficially sectioned off into groups, with members of a certain group sitting in the same area or at the same table every day.  [...]
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