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Caring for Aging Parents: Splitting Responsibility with Siblings

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 10, 2017 | Uncategorized

What if aging parents need help, but only one child lives near them? For the last two Fridays I’ve been talking about caring for aging parents. I started the conversation by accident, with a little bit of a rant on 3 things parents should do to make it easier...

How Do You Stop Siblings from Fighting?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 15, 2017 | Parenting Small Children

The hardest years of mothering to me were those when my girls were 8-11–because of the girls constantly fighting. Sure, other years left me with far less sleep. Other years gave me less time to myself. But the years when I questioned myself as a mom, and...

How Do You Handle Sibling Rivalry? Stopping Kids’ Fights Effectively

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 11, 2016 | Parenting Small Children

How do you handle sibling rivalry? When little kids constantly bicker or fight, we moms can get really worn out. Every Thursday this month I’ve been running an article to help equip moms for parenting effectively once the school year starts again! And I’ve...

Anger is Not Like Flatulence: Keeping Anger Under Control

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 6, 2014 | Family

Here’s a little gem I wrote when my kids were much younger that never made it to the blog. Hope this life lesson brings a smile to your face today and gives you pause to ponder keeping anger under control, as well. We have a problem at the dinner table. One...

The Power of Words

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 19, 2013 | Uncategorized

My oldest daughter is home! We picked her up at the train station last night. She’s been at university this semester, and I haven’t seen her in two months. I feel like my family is complete again. And so in honour of her being home, I thought I would tell...

Rocking the Boat

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 4, 2013 | Emotional Connection, Faith, Family

Every Friday my syndicated column appears in a bunch of newspapers in southeastern Ontario and Saskatchewan. This week’s is on rocking the boat, and is a reprint from 2007. We’re a week past Christmas now and as we take down those lights and dismantle the...