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Side-Stepping Power Struggles

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens, Uncategorised
“You’re Not The Boss Of Me!” There probably isn’t a parent alive who doesn’t cringe or roll their eyes at the phrase “power struggle”.  We’ve all been there – and some of us [...]
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Family Meetings:Your One-Stop Solution For Discipline AND Fun

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
If you’ve ever had a job, you’ve probably attended a meeting. And although it may seem somewhat unusual to apply this same strategy to “running” your family, family meetings [...]
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5 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Family Life

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, gratitude, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens, tweens
Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of our lives today, we can find ourselves pretty removed from the family that is so important to us. Here are 5 things you can do – today! – [...]
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Decide What You Will Do

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
We spend a lot of our time as parents trying to “make” our kids do things. Whether it’s making them hurry up, pick up after themselves, be polite, or make the bed, a lot of [...]
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5 Ways To Really Listen To Your Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, teens, tweens
Parents generally consider themselves to be good listeners, but we may actually be practicing bad listening habits, without even knowing it.  Here are some tips for improving [...]
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Ask One, Then The Other

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
How do you handle a child who doesn’t take “no” for an answer, but instead quietly goes to the other parent and asks the same question? Kids can be crafty, [...]
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Do We Need Intuition In Parenting?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
Who do you trust for information about raising your children? Your doctor, your mom, your girlfriends, the internet? Who do you receive information and advice from (whether [...]
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“Because I Said So!”

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
Who among us did not hear that as a kid?  And who finds themselves saying it to their own kids now?  Children can really wear you down, and some of them are more persistent [...]
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Catch Them Being Good

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, gratitude, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
It seems to be in our nature to notice the bad.  Whether we’re cataloguing the things we would change about ourselves, the mistakes we have made, or why life isn’t perfect, we [...]
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Mistakes Happen

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
Nobody’s perfect; we all know that. But it would appear that the best way to motivate children and get them to modify their behaviour is by paying less attention to their [...]
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Registered Psychotherapist

Oakville Family Institute (Trafalgar and Dundas in north Oakville)
Office Phone : 905-491-6949
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