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A Yelling Resolution

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
I was reading a little poll in an old Today’s Parent magazine.  Even though it was from the December 2009 issue, I thought it would be interesting to post the poll and the [...]
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05Feb

Goals Of Misbehaviour Part 2: Power

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens
Last month we began our quest to answer the question, “What are they thinking?!?” (“they”, of course, being our children). Recognizing that no behaviour happens by accident [...]
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Goals Of Misbehaviour Part I: Attention

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens
Have you ever looked at your kids and thought, “What are they thinking?!?” It’s a common parental response to outrageous, wacky, disruptive, or hurtful behaviours. But there [...]
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Side-Stepping Power Struggles

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, teens, tweens, Uncategorised
“You’re Not The Boss Of Me!” There probably isn’t a parent alive who doesn’t cringe or roll their eyes at the phrase “power struggle”.  We’ve all been there – and some of us [...]
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Decide What You Will Do

Andrea Ramsay Speers
chores, communication, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens
We spend a lot of our time as parents trying to “make” our kids do things. Whether it’s making them hurry up, pick up after themselves, be polite, or make the bed, a lot of [...]
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Keeping Cool: Avoiding Anger In Parenting

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves
Anger gets a lot of attention.  Everybody, it seems, is angry about something, whether it’s road rage, public policy, or kids’ sports.  Anger in itself isn’t a bad thing.  As [...]
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Parenting Spirited Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers
communication, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves
Some kids are just a little more than others.  More energy, more tantrums, more persistence, more highs and lows…just more.  If you’ve got a “spirited” kid in your family, you [...]
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