Can You Have Half a Brother?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 4, 2013 | Family

Today’s guest post is from Joanne Kraft, who shares some great tips for blended families. While speaking at a women’s conference an adorable young mom came up and introduced herself to me. It wasn’t long before we were talking about our family. I...

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,...

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...

How Bad Were the Awards at Your Child’s School?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 15, 2010 | Family, Parenting Teenagers

Do school awards actually backfire, by boosting self-esteem at the expense of accomplishment? Since writing the two columns on the “terrific kid” awards, I’ve received a bunch of emails telling the latest story of woe from different schools. The...

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