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“Fighting Fair”?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, mental health, nagging, Pet Peeves, stress
All couples disagree at some point.  It’s not realistic to think that we’ll see eye-to-eye on everything over the course of a long marriage.  Disagreeing isn’t the issue; how [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Happiness At Home: How To Manage Sibling Rivalry

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, newsletter, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
It is human nature to feel competitive and envious toward others. A moderate spirit of competition is a positive and productive attribute in school and in business. Sibling [...]
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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 [...]
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Beating The Winter Blues

Andrea Ramsay Speers
depression, happy families, health, mental health, stress
Don’t let winter get you down. Many people find this time of year tough – the excitement of the holidays has passed, the bills have started to arrive, and the lack of sunlight [...]
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What’s Your Style?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress
Dr. Michael Popkin is a parenting expert who also uses the Adlerian “Democratic Parenting” model in his work.  He has a quiz on his web site called What’s [...]
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Most Of Us Hear, Not All Of Us Listen

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, marriage, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens
I use a lot of skills in my work as a psychotherapist in Oakville.  Some of these skills are ones that I teach my clients, too, and active listening is probably one of the [...]
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Being More Patient

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, marriage, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress
Most parents I’ve met would say that parenting has taught them to dig into reserves of patience they didn’t even know they had.  But they’d also probably admit that they could [...]
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Saying What We Mean and Meaning What We Say

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens
Here’s an interesting statistic: Today’s Parent magazine took an online poll, in which 58% of parents responded that they sometimes say yes when they wish [...]
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