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18 Things to Tell Your 16-Year-Old Son about Sex and Relationships

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 13, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

What do you wish you could go back in time and say to your husband at 16 to encourage him? Or what do you want to say to your teenage son? I know it’s Thursday and it’s podcast day, but we hit a technical snag this week and we had to re-record some of it...

Big Survey #2 Is Here! We Need Your Help!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 11, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

We’re embarking on a new book project, and so we have a new survey! We hope you’ve all been enjoying The Great Sex Rescue! (And if you haven’t read it yet, you really need to. Even if you don’t think your sex life needs rescuing. So many people...

On Christian Women & Mother Bears

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 10, 2021 | Parenting Small Children, Pornography

Can I share some random thoughts I had this Mother’s Day about protecting the vulnerable around us? Let me start with recounting how my Mother’s Day began. My mom and I went on a walk with Rebecca and her son Alex (four generations!) by the waterfront...

18 Things I’d Tell 16-Year-Old Me About Sex and Relationships

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 4, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

I’ve been realizing lately I need to have compassion on younger me who was taught toxic stuff–and didn’t know how to reject it. And as I shared yesterday in my “Fixed it for you” posts, sometimes I’ve even taught that toxic stuff...

Is Porn the New Purity Culture?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 27, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers, Pornography

Is the next thing that’s going to damage sex in evangelical circles the way that we’re treating porn? Now, please understand: I think there is no excuse for watching porn. Porn is the biggest driver of sex trafficking. Even if the porn you’re...

What Youth Group Was Like Before Purity Culture

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 26, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

I remember a conversation with my husband around 1992 about how the church was totally on the right track! We had dealt with some weird televangelism scandals and they were largely behind us. Women’s gifts were being used. A lot of the things that culture made...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.