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The Importance Of Failing

Andrea Ramsay Speers

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

It’s tempting for a parent to want to spare one’s kids the pain of failure. No one likes to see someone that they care about – and that they’ve been charged with protecting – [...]

Mistakes Happen

Andrea Ramsay Speers

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

Nobody’s perfect; we all know that. But it would appear that the best way to motivate children and get them to modify their behaviour is by paying less attention to their [...]

Express Yourself

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, friendship, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

I spend a lot of time with my psychotherapy clients focusing on communication. I’m not sure that I’ve ever had a couple come for couples therapy that has NOT brought up “poor [...]

Positive Parenting Works!

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

Researchers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a meta-analysis of the current research literature on parent training programs, in order to [...]

No More Pity Parties

Andrea Ramsay Speers

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

Nobody likes to see their kids get hurt. Every parent would like to think that it’s possible for them to help their child make it through life with no hardships, no [...]

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 [...]