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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 [...]

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 [...]

Plan To Have Fun This Summer!

Andrea Ramsay Speers

happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens

Summer is upon us, and it’s a great time for fun family activities. But unfortunately, many parents don’t spend enough quality time with their kids, doing fun [...]

Lonely or a Loner?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, friendship, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, school, self esteem, stress, teens

If you are a social butterfly, but you’ve got a kid who’d rather play alone than attend a party, it can lead a parent to wonder if there’s a problem. The [...]

Out-of-Control Teens

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, nagging, parenting, teens

There is a general fear among parents in Oakville about “the teen years”. We hear all sorts of horror stories — ranging from the mild (won’t be seen [...]

Happiness At Home: Resolving Conflicts

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, couples, happy families, marriage, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens

Every relationship has conflicts. In some relationships, conflict is a serious problem; in others, differences seem to be resolved without creating a major incident. Think [...]

How To Encourage

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, self esteem, teens

I was flipping through the book Breaking the Good Mom Myth — written by my MA colleagueAlyson Schafer — and discovered that she had a list remarkably similar to [...]

Fathers and Daughters

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, gender, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, teens

I was flipping through an old issue of Today’s Parent magazine, and I came across a great article about dads losing the connection with their daughters once the girls hit [...]

BFF – Or Not Anymore

Andrea Ramsay Speers

bullying, communication, friendship, parenting, school, self esteem, teens

Friendships matter to kids. They matter to adults, too, but sometimes we can forget that the perspective we have isn’t shared by our children. It can be heartbreaking and [...]

That Awkward Stage

Andrea Ramsay Speers

body image, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens

Sometimes kids’ bodies grow faster than their brain is equipped to handle it. You may have noticed your young teen seems more gangly and uncoordinated lately, [...]