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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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When Should You Worry About Your Child’s Behaviour?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, depression, health, keeping kids out of trouble, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens
How do you know when you should be worried about your child’s mental health? There are lots of variations of “normal”, so it can be hard to know.  And when you’ve been coping [...]
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Staying the Course

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens
It’s easy to second-guess ourselves as parents. Whatever the situation is — trying to get our little one to sleep through the night, saying no to a 16 year old who [...]
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“You’re Not The Boss of Me!”

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress
Power struggles are among the more frustrating parts of the parenting package. Why? Well, as Rudolph Dreikurs points out in his book Children: The Challenge, “Children [...]
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When You Don’t Like Your Teen’s Dating Choice

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, dating, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, stress, teens
Someone asked me recently what to do when you don’t like your teenage son or daughter’s boyfriend/girlfriend. It’s definitely a tricky subject. While as [...]
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Off To Camp

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
Summer is half over, but there’s still lots left to do – maybe your child has sleep-away camp on the agenda during the last four weeks of summer. Camp can be an exciting, but [...]
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When Parents Clash

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress
What do you do when you and your partner have differences in parenting styles? It’s a surprisingly common dilemma.  My experience is that, if we look at parenting as a [...]
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Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
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