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Teaching Kids to Think Outside the Box

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week’s is on risk-taking in how we approach education, so our kids have all the tools they need in a changing world economy. We are so blessed to...

One Size Will Never Fit All Students

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week’s column is about alternatives to high school–there are more out there than you may know, so let’s not be afraid to think outside...

Training Up Children in the Way THEY Should Go

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 2, 2012 | Family, Parenting Teenagers

Proverbs 22:6 says: Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. What does that verse mean? Sometimes we read it totally in a moral framework: if we train him in the way he SHOULD go, then he will learn right and wrong,...

Not Your Grandmother's Math

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 30, 2012 | Family

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. And–gasp!–sometimes I actually write about stuff other than sex. Lately I’ve been preoccupied with The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex,...

What Unites Us: Why Anti-Bullying Efforts Often Miss the Mark

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 6, 2012 | Family

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario. This week’s is specifically about proposed anti-bullying legislation in Ontario, but it’s a common issue throughout North America, so see what you think. It’s...

So Smart We’re Stupid

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 18, 2011 | Family

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario. Here’s this week’s, on the harm we may be doing by praising kids’ innate abilities rather than praising effort. There’s an awesome scene during the...