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...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 4, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers
Women go through so much embarrassment when males fail to clue in to the fact that women may be trying to get out of an activity due to their periods. Or maybe they need more frequent bathroom breaks due to their periods, and that’s okay! They’re not being...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 3, 2020 | Parenting Teenagers, Series
Do you remember being a teenager and having your period come right when the youth group was going swimming or going to the beach? This month we’re going to be talking a bit about periods–about what’s normal and what’s not; about how to help men...
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.
