The Sleep-Deprived Teenager
How much sleep do you get? As someone who has struggled with sleep problems most of my life, I’m very interested in sleep issues and very conscientious about giving my [...]
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Social Media Tips
Worried that this whole social media thing is slipping through your fingers when it comes to your kids? This is an amazing list of tips for social media sharing, especially [...]
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To Party or Not to Party?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Teenagers have all sorts of great ideas. These may involve camping unsupervised with a group of friends, going to an unsupervised party at a friend’s house while the [...]
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What To Do With a Stubborn Kid
Andrea Ramsay Speers
How many daily power struggles take place in your house? Do you sometimes feel as though your child is saying “no” just for the sake of being disagreeable? Well, [...]
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Public Speaking Anxiety
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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
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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Homework For Parents
Andrea Ramsay Speers
The older your child gets, the less involved you may become in their homework. Or, then again, you may find yourself nagging and supervising more because less seems to be [...]
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“I Quit”
Andrea Ramsay Speers
If your teen has been involved in a sport or music lessons or similar activity regularly over the past number of years, you might find that as he gets further into his teen [...]
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Sensitive Kids
Andrea Ramsay Speers
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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Procrastination
Andrea Ramsay Speers
I read an article recently that was targeted at parents of kids ages 12 to 14, that was about helping kids keep from procrastinating on their homework. But it was all about [...]
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