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Monsters In The Closet

Andrea Ramsay Speers

Closets can be scary places. I’m not going to lie: there are a number of closets in our house that terrify me. I just want to slam the door shut and be glad I made it out [...]

Metal Mouth

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, health, parenting, self esteem, teens

I’m seeing a lot of kids these days with braces. Not that there’s anything new about that — history is filled with teenaged orthodontics. Not mine, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]