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Cyber-Safety Tips For Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers

keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens, tweens

While looking for cyber-safety tips for kids, I came across the site www.ProtectKidsOnline.ca Updated regularly, it breaks down interests and risks broken down by age. It [...]

Who’s In Your Village?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

anxiety, communication, happy families, parenting, stress, teens, tweens

The expression goes, “it takes a village”. Raising kids was never supposed to be a solo endeavour, yet today’s parents often end up feeling very alone. In some ways, it’s [...]

Nighty-Night

Andrea Ramsay Speers

health, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, stress, teens, tweens

With the lazy days of summer behind us, it’s time to turn our attention back to the regular routines and structure of school days. One of the first things to slip when [...]

Building Healthy Self-Esteem In Children

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, encouragement, parenting, self esteem, teens, tweens

As parents, we want our kids to feel good about themselves. We want them to feel strong, confident, courageous, and resilient. But even our best efforts can backfire [...]

Morning Routines

Andrea Ramsay Speers

encouragement, happy families, nagging, parenting, Pet Peeves, school, stress, teens, tweens

Kids thrive on routines. We see this clearly with infants and toddlers, but even as kids grow and begin school, they still need for predictability and order. Routines help [...]

Mom! He Hit Me!

Andrea Ramsay Speers

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

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 [...]

Keeping Kids Safe

Andrea Ramsay Speers

parenting, teens, tweens

I just read a rather funny magazine article about all sorts of electronic gadgets meant to keep kids safe. I’ve often joked with my husband that I’d like to implant some kind [...]

“That’s Not Fair!”

Andrea Ramsay Speers

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

Kids are sensitive, especially to anything their siblings get. This could be attention, money, dessert, chores…the list is endless. How many times does a parent have to [...]

Helping Your Kids Through Divorce

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, mental health, parenting, stress, tweens

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 [...]

Want To Keep Your Kids Out Of Trouble?

Andrea Ramsay Speers

keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens

Even though I grew up within a short drive of the largest city in Canada, I still remember being a teenager and a friend complaining that there was “nothing to [...]