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In Praise Of Girlfriends

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, friendship, gratitude, parenting, self esteem
Where would we be without our girlfriends? We go through cycles in our lives, and I think are friendships are no exception.  When we first have kids, we tend to gravitate [...]
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Dealing With Strong Emotions

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, happy families, nagging, parenting, self esteem, teens
Kids say a lot of stuff over the course of a day. Some of it we listen to, some of it we hear and dismiss, some of it we ignore. But what we listen to and how we respond can [...]
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“Children Don’t Really Misbehave”

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem
This great article was brought to my attention by Alyson Schafer’s email update (Alyson, if you don’t know, is a parenting expert regularly featured on CTV News, the Ask An [...]
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The Connection Between Our Expectations and Independent Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, entitlement, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem
I recently read a very interesting article titled “My Rules For My Kids: Eat Your Vegetables; Don’t Blame The Teacher”. (Actually, the first version I saw was called [...]
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Public Speaking Anxiety

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, parenting, school, self esteem, teens
Many of us have anxiety about public speaking.  But what do you do when it’s your child who’s terrified of doing a presentation? The best thing to do is to have [...]
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“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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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What’s Eating Our Kids?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, health, parenting, self esteem, teens, weight
Did you know that eating disorders are starting to be diagnosed in girls as young as 11?  Traditionally, they were not thought to be diagnosable until closer to adulthood, but [...]
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Sticks and Stones

Andrea Ramsay Speers
bullying, communication, friendship, parenting, school, self esteem
Bullies have changed quite a bit since our childhood, haven’t they?  In my case, the bullies were the ones who were socially inept, overtly aggressive kids.  In today’s [...]
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Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
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