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A New Year’s Challenge

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, gratitude, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, teens, tweens

What is one thing you could do this month to improve your relationship with your children? We all know that we’re not perfect and that we have room to improve. So [...]

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 [...]

5 Ways To Really Listen To Your Kids

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, happy families, parenting, teens, tweens

Parents generally consider themselves to be good listeners, but we may actually be practicing bad listening habits, without even knowing it. Here are some tips for improving [...]

Ask One, Then The Other

Andrea Ramsay Speers

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

How do you handle a child who doesn’t take “no” for an answer, but instead quietly goes to the other parent and asks the same question? Kids can be crafty, [...]

Express Yourself

Andrea Ramsay Speers

communication, friendship, happy families, keeping kids out of trouble, parenting, self esteem, stress, teens, tweens

I spend a lot of time with my psychotherapy clients focusing on communication. I’m not sure that I’ve ever had a couple come for couples therapy that has NOT brought up “poor [...]