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Time To Think

Andrea Ramsay Speers

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

In the daily grind of making lunches, arriving on time, homework, and all of the other activities that fill our days, it can be easy to lose sight of our big-picture parenting [...]

Whose Work Is Homework?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

If it was meant to be fun, it wouldn’t be called homework, right? But does getting assignments and essays done have to be such a battle? In fact, that’s the last thing it [...]

When Parents Disagree About Parenting

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, couples, happy families, marriage, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens

Who knew that parenting could be so hard on your marriage?? When we meet someone and children aren’t even on our radars, we don’t really know that our parenting styles might [...]

Is Fear Ruling Your Life?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, mental health, self esteem, stress

How does fear impact your day-to-day life? Not at all? Lucky you! The rest of us can recognize fear at work in some part of our life every day – from the constant, [...]

Independence Day

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, chores, communication, gratitude, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, Pet Peeves, self esteem, teens, tweens, Uncategorised

When is the right age for our children to become “independent”? There’s no clear answer for this, but we hope that it is sometime before the age of 30 (fingers crossed). [...]

Happiness At Home: Parenting Your Teen With Less Stress

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, depression, keeping kids out of trouble, newsletter, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

How to Maintain Communication Even though teens need to separate from their parents during adolescence, they also need to know that the safety net of home and family is always [...]

The Importance Of Failing

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, entitlement, gratitude, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

It’s tempting for a parent to want to spare one’s kids the pain of failure. No one likes to see someone that they care about – and that they’ve been charged with protecting – [...]

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 [...]