Parenting Small Children | To Love, Honor and Vacuum

Which Internet Filter Should You Use to Protect Your Kids from Porn? Qostodio vs. Covenant Eyes

by Joanna Sawatsky | Oct 25, 2019 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers, Pornography

Porn is not harmless. Social media can be a minefield. And the internet can suck productive time away and cause us to miss out on important parts of our lives. That’s why I believe parents have to get a handle on their kids’ internet usage, and why I...

Watching Your Baby Go Through Labour is Hard–But Then There’s This

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 24, 2019 | Parenting Small Children

I have always said that Katie was my worst labour. With Rebecca, I was in labour for 10 hours. We got to the hospital too early, and they made me walk around the cafeteria for a few hours. I remember I spent most of that time in the bathroom at Women’s College...

PODCAST: We Have a Newborn. He Wants an XBox. Plus More Reader Questions!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 10, 2019 | Parenting Small Children, Podcasts

Does sex have to die when life gets busy? We’re in the middle of a series this month talking about the different stages of sex in marriage, and we launched it last week with the “Figuring Things Out” stage. This week we’re moving on to the next...

The Stages of Sex: The Exhausted Years with Kids & Jobs

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 9, 2019 | Libido, Parenting Small Children

What happens to sex when little kids come along? When you find yourselves busy and run off your feet? Every Wednesday in October we’re looking at the stages of sex in marriage. Last week we looked at the “figuring things out” stage, when sex is...

10 Ways to Be an Abuse Savvy Mom

by Joanna Sawatsky | Oct 1, 2019 | Abuse, Parenting Small Children

As parents we want to do everything we can to protect our kids from sexual abuse. And even though we can never completely eliminate the risk, we can make it more likely that they will tell us if something is up. We can make it more likely that we will notice. And we...

Have We Made Motherhood Too Hard?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 27, 2019 | Doing Life Together, Parenting Small Children

Does motherhood sound like the most exhausting job in the world? We’re gearing up for Rebecca to deliver really soon, so we’ve been thinking a lot as a family about modern motherhood lately. And at the same time, the news is constantly filled with the...

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About Sheila

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.