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What To Do With a Stubborn Kid

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens

How many daily power struggles take place in your house? Do you sometimes feel as though your child is saying “no” just for the sake of being disagreeable? Well, [...]

“Perfect Angels”

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens

I came across a National Post article I cut from the paper many moons ago,entitled Perfect Angels. It was written by Alan E. Kazdin, who is a professor of psychology and [...]

Good-bye, June and Ward

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves

What does it mean to be a mother or a father in today’s world? Being a mother used to mean you maintained the home and looked after the kids, while being a father meant that [...]

Homework For Parents

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, teens

The older your child gets, the less involved you may become in their homework. Or, then again, you may find yourself nagging and supervising more because less seems to be [...]

Sensitive Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens

I’ve run into a few people in my practice lately who are what author Elaine Aron would describe as highly sensitive. These are people who share a list of common traits [...]

Handling Pet Peeves

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves

What do you do when your usually charming and adorable kids display less than appealing habits? Perhaps they crack their knuckles, or leave the tv on after they’ve [...]

What Order Are They?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem

We never really know what goes on inside our children’s minds. We may make educated guesses, and then do the best we can with that information. Well, here’s another tool to [...]

Procrastination

Andrea Ramsay Speers

nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, teens

I read an article recently that was targeted at parents of kids ages 12 to 14, that was about helping kids keep from procrastinating on their homework. But it was all about [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]