by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 3, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers, Podcasts
I am very, very tired of the “don’t be a stumbling block” argument when it comes to modesty for girls. I know that this is a very widespread debate, and I have talked about it before in two main posts: My 40% Modesty Rule Why Don’t Be a...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 11, 2020 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers
My girls were both far more emotionally mature on their wedding day than I was on mine. And their husbands were both more emotionally mature than Keith was, too! Keith and I were just so young, in so many ways (though my daughters were both technically younger than I...
by Katie Emmerson | Aug 21, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers
Your daughter’s first period is not the time to warn her about being sexually promiscuous. Let me repeat that: Just because your daughter can get pregnant now does not mean that you should launch into a talk about not fooling around with boys on the day that she...
by Joanna Sawatsky | Aug 19, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers
Is your daughter prepared for her first period? And what happens when her first period takes her by surprise? I’m going to invite Joanna, my co-author of our upcoming The Great Sex Rescue, to share a story of talking through bathroom stalls to a young girl in...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 6, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers, Podcasts
Why are periods so often associated with shame? It’s time for our podcast post, and today’s podcast features Rebecca and me jumping around all the topics we’re going to cover about periods this month (well, just about all!). We opened our series on...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 5, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers
Smartphones have changed everything in our families. Today’s parents have had to integrate smartphones and social media into our lives. Our kids’ generation has grown up with them. But what has been the effect? And how can we, as parents, be responsible as...
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! 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 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.
