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When Parents Enable Adult Children To Be Moochers

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jul 27, 2022 | Doing Life Together, Parenting Teenagers

Adult children can seriously take advantage of their parents–and seriously be moochers. Sheila here! A few weeks ago I started rerunning an important series I wrote six years ago about handling family dynamics as parents age and require care. We’re...

Let’s Talk About Wet Towels on the Bed

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 22, 2022 | Doing Life Together

So the wet towels anecdote from Love & Respect has gone big on social media this week. And I wanted to share it with you! As some of you may remember, I’ve been appalled at what Emerson Eggerichs said in his book Love & Respect (again, the most used...

AGING PARENTS: Splitting Responsibilities with Siblings

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 20, 2022 | Doing Life Together

What if aging parents need help, but only one child lives near them? This week I’ve been rerunning a series I did a few years ago about caring for aging parents. I originally started the conversation by accident, with a little bit of a rant on 3 things parents should...

AGING PARENTS SERIES: Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2022 | Doing Life Together

How do you set boundaries on how much help you can reasonably give to aging parents? This week I’m re-running a series I wrote a few years ago. We started yesterday talking about how parents should really try to help their adult children who will be caring for...

Parents: You Owe Your Adult Children a Life

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 18, 2022 | Doing Life Together

If you need your adult children to eventually care for you, then that should factor into an equation NOW. I’ve been thinking about something for a while now that I’d like to just say. It’s going to be a bit of a rant, and I may not sound very...

Does it Matter Who is the Primary Breadwinner?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 17, 2021 | Doing Life Together

We’re used to thinking of the man as being the primary breadwinner in the family. But does it matter if it’s the woman? Increasingly among millennials the wife earns more than the husband. And the number of stay-at-home dads is increasing as well. My...

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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.