by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 11, 2020 | Parenting Small Children
With COVID still spreading, many parents are playing around with the idea of homeschooling this year. I know this isn’t normally what I talk about on this blog, but I did homeschool both of my girls all the way through, from kindergarten to graduating high...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 7, 2020 | Parenting Small Children
Most of you who read this blog are here because you want to enjoy all God has for us with marriage and sex. But a lot of times we’ve got roadblocks from our family of origin. Maybe sex wasn’t taught well, or you grew up thinking sex was shameful–or...
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...