by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 19, 2020 | Homemaking, Parenting Small Children
When a husband has a great idea for a family outing, why does the wife often get defensive, upset, or touchy about it? We’ve been talking about emotional labor and mental load all month in June, and many women have said that their husbands just don’t...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 17, 2020 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers
What is an appropriate age to expect children to do different chores? When can you expect them to be responsible for their own stuff? We’ve been talking about emotional labor and mental load this month, when mom carries the mental and physical burden for running...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 16, 2020 | Managing Money, Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers
What if there were an app that could help your kids get more responsible with chores–and with money? We’ve been talking this month about emotional labor and mental load–how to balance all the details that women especially have running through our...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 6, 2020 | Parenting Small Children
I think it’s vitally important to teach kids to use the proper words for body parts, and particularly genitalia. It decreases shame; it helps them understand their bodies; it can even help prevent sexual abuse. We’re working really hard behind the scenes...
by Joanna Sawatsky | Mar 11, 2020 | Doing Life Together, Parenting Small Children
Thanks so much to Minno for sponsoring this post! When my girls were small, they woke up at an ungodly hour of the morning every day. Keith was working long hours as a medical resident and our apartment was tiny. So the girls watched Babe each morning (aka, “Pig...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | Feb 20, 2020 | Making Sex Feel Good, Parenting Small Children, Podcasts
It’s time for a new episode of the To Love, Honor and Vacuum podcast! I hope you all will listen, but if you don’t have time, I’ll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read all you want as well! And consider this podcast...
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.
