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Express Yourself

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, friendship, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
I spend a lot of time with my psychotherapy clients focusing on communication.  I’m not sure that I’ve ever had a couple come for couples therapy that has NOT brought up “poor [...]
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Happiness At Home Newsletter: You Can Build Your People Skills

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, friendship, happy families, marriage, newsletter, parenting, teens, tweens
How would you like to get along even better with others in your personal relationships and in the workplace? Getting along well with people sounds kind of general and is [...]
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Positive Parenting Works!

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens
Researchers from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a meta-analysis of the current research literature on parent training programs, in order to [...]
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Are The Inmates Running The Asylum?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
When parents learn some of the basic principles of Democratic Parenting, those with a background in more traditional “do as you’re told” parenting styles [...]
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The Truth About Effective Parenting

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, entitlement, gratitude, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, stress, teens, tweens
When I’m working with parents, as we’re discussing some possible responses to kids’ misbehavior, they will often sigh and tell me just how hard it is, or how [...]
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“What Do I Want Them To Learn?”

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
The truth of parenting is that every interaction with your children is an opportunity for them to learn.  Kids are like little sponges, picking up bits and pieces and putting [...]
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No More Pity Parties

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, entitlement, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
Nobody likes to see their kids get hurt.  Every parent would like to think that it’s possible for them to help their child make it through life with no hardships, no [...]
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Talking to Our Daughters About Sex

Andrea Ramsay Speers
body image, communication, gender, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens
You may or may not have already had “the talk” with your kids, your daughters in particular.  You may be avoiding it like the plague, you may feel that [...]
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A Parent’s Best Friend

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
If there’s only one tip that parents should take to heart, it’s this: be consistent.  Regardless of what behavior you’re trying to change or what routine [...]
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Teens Need Their Parents

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens, tweens
As a culture, we assume that the teen years are going to be tough on parents. Somewhere between grade seven or eight and the end of high school, we expect problems. We don’t [...]
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Registered Psychotherapist

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