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Can You Be Your Child’s Friend as Well as Their Parent?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 18, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

Is it bad to be your child’s friend if you’re also their parent? One of the pieces of advice we often hear in parenting circles is: “Remember, you’re their parent, not their friend.” To be honest, when my children were little and I was...

What’s the Key to Raising Teens Who Won’t Rebel?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jun 9, 2017 | Family, Parenting Teenagers

Have you ever wondered how to raise teens who won’t rebel? Is it even possible? Rebecca here. That’s the question I asked in a blog post three years ago. That blog post, Why I Didn’t Rebel, went viral. And it changed my life. Now, three years later,...

How Volunteering Helped My Kids Be Less Entitled

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 3, 2016 | Family

What do you do when you realize you’ve raised an entitled son or daughter? Parenting doesn’t always go how we planned. So what do you do when you realize that you’ve raised a kid who has a serious attitude problem, without making them feel attacked?...

Winning the Parenting Power Struggle

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 26, 2013 | Parenting Teenagers

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week, let’s talk about power struggles with children. I recently read about a dad who dialed 911 when he discovered that his teenage daughter had...

Reader Question of the Week: Appropriate Discipline for Teenagers

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 19, 2013 | Parenting Teenagers

Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week’s question was asked on my Facebook Page with some intriguing discussion: When disciplining teenage boys say, age 18, what types of punishments to you give...

The Importance of Disciplining Toddlers: The Pyramid Idea

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 1, 2011 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers

When I was a young mom, a mentor told me that disciplining children was a lot like a pyramid. When they’re small, you provide a lot of guidance and discipline. You train them constantly. You follow through with consequences. You’re consistent. You’re...