How Can I Get My Toddler To Listen Better?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Listening doesn’t come naturally to kids this age. Their language skills are still developing, and their attention spans are short. That mix doesn’t lead to meaningful [...]
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Mom! He Hit Me!
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Sibling fights are right up there on the list of parental pet peeves. It’s frustrating to hear your kids fighting in another room, and it can be downright agonizing to [...]
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Why Are Women Stepping Away From Relationships?
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Really interesting article about women, dating, and the emotional toll it takes. I often talk with clients about men’s emotional needs and how we aren’t educating [...]
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Helping Your Kids Through Divorce
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Everybody hurts during a divorce; it’s not easy on anyone. Children react to and cope with divorce differently based on lots of factors: their ages, their relationship with [...]
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Happiness At Home: Develop Your Personal Negotiation Skills
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Negotiating skills can help you manage lots of different kinds of life situations, both at work and in your personal relationships. Here are a few examples of where these [...]
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“Parental Love With Strings Attached”
Andrea Ramsay Speers
I just reread a classic article about the danger in tying parental love and approval with good behaviour. It was written by Alfie Kohn, a well-known critic of and thinker [...]
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“No” Is A Complete Sentence
Andrea Ramsay Speers
As parents (and moms in particular), we often have a hard time saying no. Whether it’s to a sleep over we’re not sure we’re comfortable with or whipping up eight unicorn [...]
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Protecting Our Kids From Internet Porn
Andrea Ramsay Speers
We’d all like to keep our kids away from graphic and disturbing internet pornography. Filtering tools give us a feeling of safety, but unfortunately researchers have [...]
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Happiness At Home: Caring For The Caregiver
Andrea Ramsay Speers
Few people are prepared for the responsibilities and tasks involved in caring for loved ones who are ill, elderly, or disabled. The success of the relationship between you and [...]
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Happiness At Home: Managing Today’s Stepfamilies
Andrea Ramsay Speers
If you are a member of a stepfamily, you know how difficult it can be to integrate all of the new members and adjust to the new boundaries and rules. The following ideas may [...]
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