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Did You Set Boundaries for Yourself as a Teenager?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 23, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

Healthy teenagers learn how to set boundaries. Well, healthy PEOPLE learn how to set boundaries! And it’s good to learn while we’re still young. Rebecca and I are deep in the throes of writing our mother-daughter book combatting harmful teachings for girls...

18 Things to Tell Your 16-Year-Old Son about Sex and Relationships

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 13, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

What do you wish you could go back in time and say to your husband at 16 to encourage him? Or what do you want to say to your teenage son? I know it’s Thursday and it’s podcast day, but we hit a technical snag this week and we had to re-record some of it...

18 Things I’d Tell 16-Year-Old Me About Sex and Relationships

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 4, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

I’ve been realizing lately I need to have compassion on younger me who was taught toxic stuff–and didn’t know how to reject it. And as I shared yesterday in my “Fixed it for you” posts, sometimes I’ve even taught that toxic stuff...

How to Throw Your Child a Blessing Party

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2019 | Parenting Teenagers

Do you know what it really means to bless your child? When my daughters turned 13, each of them got a special party for their birthday dedicated to having key people in their lives share messages of encouragement and call out the ways God was moving and working in...

The Slippery Slope of Selfie Obsession

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2017 | Family, Parenting Teenagers

Is your teen addicted to selfies? It seems like a weird question, doesn’t it? But it’s a real issue–more and more, teenagers are becoming obsessed with having the perfect online image, and it can seriously impact their quality of life. Before the...

Letter to Me: What I’d Say to 17-Year-Old Me

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 15, 2015 | Parenting Teenagers, Sheila Snippets

I am a complete sap for tear jerker country music songs. And now that my kids have turned me on to Apple Music, I’m listening to a whole bunch more of them everyday! One of my favourites has always been Brad Paisley’s “Letter to Me”, where he writes a letter to...