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Why I’m at Home: Deciding to Be a Stay at Home Mom

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 7, 2011 | Family

A little while ago I started a firestorm when I wrote about planning my daughter’s future–and how we should consider a career choice that would make deciding to be a stay at home mom easier–if that was the preference. It made me think back to my own...

On Day Care, Attachment, God’s Will, and More!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 2, 2010 | Family

It seems like I really waded into some trouble in this post regarding the Roots of Empathy. I compared daycare centres to institutions, and several in the comments took exception to that. I’ve been mulling over whether it’s worth writing a long post on my...

The Real Roots of Empathy

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 25, 2010 | Family

Every now and then I read a bizarre article in a magazine that fails to mention the one big elephant in the room. You know the ones: articles that talk about how women make less than men, but they fail to talk about how women take time off to have children. Or...

You Are Enough for Your Little Ones

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 10, 2009 | Family

When my children were babies we were living in downtown Toronto. My husband was a resident at the Hospital for Sick Children, and we were surrounded by high powered individuals. All of the other pediatric residents who had kids were female, and they didn’t have...