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How Do We Define “Mental Health”?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, depression, health, mental health, self esteem, stress
How do we know if we are mentally healthy?  What exactly is “mental health”?  These are questions that maybe we should ask ourselves.  It seems hard to expect to achieve a [...]
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Hands-On Parenting: Too Much Of A Good Thing

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, entitlement, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
I first became aware of the term “helicopter parent” many years ago. It was in an article by Amanda Robb in the July 2008 issue of O Magazine. The term was coined by former [...]
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Whose Work Is Housework?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, entitlement, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
Not many of us relish doing housework.  Most of us hardly get a kick out of cleaning the mini-blinds and baseboards.   Kids?  They tend to enjoy it even less.  But if we all [...]
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Fears And Phobias

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, happy families, mental health, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
Kids develop fears.  It could be separation anxiety as a toddler, a fear of clowns as a preschooler, or a dread of public speaking as a school-ager.   About one in 30 children [...]
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Whose Work Is Homework?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
If it was meant to be fun, it wouldn’t be called homework, right?  But does getting assignments and essays done have to be such a battle?  In fact, that’s the last thing it [...]
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Bribes Versus Rewards

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, gratitude, happy families, nagging, parenting, school, self esteem, teens, tweens, Uncategorised
Here’s an interesting question: what’s the difference between a reward and a bribe?  Many would say that the distinction comes down to the use of the word [...]
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The Importance Of Attachment

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens
“Attachment” is something that parents, particularly of babies, think about.  How do we help our kids develop healthy attachment, and how do we know if we’re doing it right?   [...]
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Encouraging Respect In Our Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
“Respect” is an important word for parents.  We want our kids to respect us as parents, respect all we do for them, and respect other people.   We want them to [...]
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The Process Of Change

Andrea Ramsay Speers
mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, Uncategorised
January is often a time of change.  We start off the new year with the best of intentions; some of them stick, some of them don’t.  While our enthusiasm and motivation ride [...]
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Raising Responsible Children

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, entitlement, gratitude, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, self esteem, teens, tweens
When I ask parents what kind of adults they hope their children will grow to be, they often use words like responsible, respectful, and independent.  Which is a worthy goal, [...]
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