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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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Conversation Basics

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, friendship, happy families, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, tweens

I think every parent wants to raise a polite child. Sometimes how that is defined varies from family to family, but overall, there are some things that we have as a culture [...]

Interruption Disruption

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, entitlement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens

I’m of the belief that one of the hardest parts of parenting is the constant interruptions. It could be interruptions while you’re talking, or just the idea that a parent’s [...]

Is It Wrong To Ask For Help?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

bullying, communication, couples, depression, happy families, health, keeping kids out of trouble, marriage, mental health, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

We live in a culture that values independence. There’s a common belief that everyone can and should take care of themselves alone, pull themselves up by their bootstraps and [...]

Skin Deep

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, keeping kids out of trouble, mental health, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens, weight

We’d all like to think that appearances don’t matter as much as what’s on the inside does. But if you haven’t heard, even researchers have to sadly admit that better looking [...]

Fear of Being Away From Home

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

Most of us are familiar with separation anxiety as it relates to infants and toddlers, but what do you do if your middle-school kid or teenager still has a fear of being away [...]