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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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Making Change Happen

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, couples, happy families, marriage, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
If you’ve ever resolved to be a “better” parent or partner (and who hasn’t?)  you may have felt a moment or two of frustration over your lack of [...]
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How Do Your Kids Inspire You?

Andrea Ramsay Speers
gratitude, happy families, parenting, teens, tweens
In what ways do your kids inspire you?  Maybe they have an amazing attitude, or a great way of looking at the world when things get tough, or maybe just their outlook on life [...]
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Keeping Our Kids Safe

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens, tweens
Nobody wants their child’s name to be famous because the child is missing.  I doubt there’s a parent anywhere whose heart doesn’t break when they hear that a child [...]
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Surviving Sleep-Overs

Andrea Ramsay Speers
friendship, parenting, Pet Peeves, tweens
Sleep-overs are an important rite of passage for teens and pre-teens.  But any parent who’s ever hosted one will tell you that the potential for disaster (spills and [...]
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Teaching Our Kids Respect

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, teens, tweens
Respect is a big words for parents.  Usually when we talk about respect, we talk about things like respecting our rules, respecting me as a parent or respecting that when I [...]
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“7 Secrets to Raising an Optimist”

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, entitlement, gratitude, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
John Hoffman wrote an article in Today’s Parent (the December 2005 issue) with this title.  I loved his list of seven things, so here they are: Be a responsive, loving [...]
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How To Talk To Your Kids About A World Crisis

Andrea Ramsay Speers
anxiety, communication, parenting, stress, teens, tweens
Between the Paris attacks in November, Sandy Hook a year or so before, and now the mass shooting in Orlando, parents have, sadly, never had more opportunity to talk about [...]
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Eliminate Criticism and Minimize Mistakes

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens
This is the title of a chapter in Rudolph Dreikurs’ classic parenting book Children: The Challenge.  It can be a tough concept for a parent to really grasp, though, [...]
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