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On Spanking: When You Think You’re Following the Bible, but You’re Really Following Your Own Interpretation

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 23, 2022 | Parenting Small Children

It’s easy to use the “we’re just following the Bible!” trumpcard when debating something, and spanking proves an excellent example of how this can go awry. We’ve been talking about spanking as a method of discipline for a few weeks now,...

Can Christians Please Stop Talking about Disciplining Babies?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Aug 12, 2020 | Abuse, Parenting Small Children

My 9-month-old baby boy is a handful. It’s Rebecca here on the blog today! And let me tell you–my baby is a bubbly, jiggly, giggly little handful, but he is a handful. He learned how to climb stairs 4 months before he “should,” he figured out...

Why Discipline Often Backfires with Kids

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 6, 2016 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers

Disciplining children can be a headache–especially when it seems like it’s not doing any good! But disciplining children is an unavoidable aspect of parenting, even if it’s frustrating at times. So today I am excited to welcome Jim and Lynne Jackson...

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...

Discipline in the Terrible Twos

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 19, 2010 | Family, Parenting Small Children

Discipline in the “Terrible Twos”. What a handful of responsibility! Yet why do we call them terrible? It’s because at two, kids start really stretching their limits. And so it can be a difficult time to parent. Yet with some forethought, those ...

The 3 Ds of Discipline

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 2, 2009 | Parenting Small Children

While speaking in Kelowna last weekend at a FamilyLife marriage conference, I was listening to the other speaker couple share about their lives. Keith and I are still the “young” speaker couples, since we’re only in our 30s, but Pete and Shirley Unrau, with whom we...