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Talking to Our Daughters About Sex

Andrea Ramsay Speers

body image, communication, gender, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

You may or may not have already had “the talk” with your kids, your daughters in particular. You may be avoiding it like the plague, you may feel that [...]

“7 Secrets to Raising an Optimist”

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, entitlement, gratitude, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

John Hoffman wrote an article in Today’s Parent (the December 2005 issue) with this title. I loved his list of seven things, so here they are: Be a responsive, loving [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Is It Wrong To Ask For Help?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

bullying, communication, couples, depression, happy families, health, keeping kids out of trouble, marriage, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

We live in a culture that values independence. There’s a common belief that everyone can and should take care of themselves alone, pull themselves up by their bootstraps and [...]

Skin Deep

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, keeping kids out of trouble, mental health, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens, weight

We’d all like to think that appearances don’t matter as much as what’s on the inside does. But if you haven’t heard, even researchers have to sadly admit that better looking [...]

Fear of Being Away From Home

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

Most of us are familiar with separation anxiety as it relates to infants and toddlers, but what do you do if your middle-school kid or teenager still has a fear of being away [...]

Body Image and Teens

Andrea Ramsay Speers

body image, self esteem, teens, weight

A lot is made of the media’s obsession with thinness. And it’s true — the media is obsessed with the thin and the beautiful. But at the same time that we, [...]

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 [...]