Our Soul Ties Series: Do You Have Unhealthy Emotional Bonds with Your Kids?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 27, 2019 | Family, Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers

Are you becoming codependent with your children? Do you have unhealthy emotional bonds with your parents? This month we’ve been talking about the concept of “soul ties”, which was preached a lot in Christian circles in the 1980s and 1990s, but which...

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...

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