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18 Things to Tell Your 16-Year-Old Son about Sex and Relationships

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 13, 2021 | Parenting Teenagers

What do you wish you could go back in time and say to your husband at 16 to encourage him? Or what do you want to say to your teenage son? I know it’s Thursday and it’s podcast day, but we hit a technical snag this week and we had to re-record some of it...

Are You Inadvertently Raising Your Sons to Have Problems with Lust?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 25, 2019 | Parenting Teenagers

Every time, without fail, when I try to talk about men’s struggles with lust the conversation turns to how women, and especially teenage girls, dress. Basically it goes something like this: Well, of course men shouldn’t lust, but girls should also watch...

What We Learned Making the Boy’s Version of The Whole Story

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Oct 29, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers

As of midnight tonight, The Whole Story for Boys will officially launch! This whole past week we’ve been celebrating the pre-launch period with a great sale (including the ability to make up the difference if you’ve already bought one version of the course...

It’s Okay to Be Awkward Talking to Your Kids About Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 26, 2018 | Family, Tough Marriage Situations

Talking to your kids about sex and puberty is awkward.It just is. It’s talking about something that is highly personal–really the most personal part of your life–with your children. It’s that moment when your children go from being naive to...

Wifey Wednesday: Is It Important to Be on the Same Page with Parenting?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | Oct 4, 2017 | Parenting Teenagers, Resolving Conflict

How important is it that parents agree on parenting styles? It’s Wednesday, which is when we talk marriage on the blog! Parenting can be a huge strain on marriage if you don’t agree with how the other is choosing to parent. And all over marriage circles,...

How Do I Keep My Teenage Son from Getting Addicted to Gaming?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | May 18, 2017 | Family, Parenting Teenagers

The average age of a gamer is now 31. Ten years ago that was not the case. But as video games are becoming a part of more and more teens and children’s lives, we’re just going to see video games become a bigger part of adulthood, too. So it makes sense...