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Have We Made Motherhood Too Hard?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 27, 2019 | Doing Life Together, Parenting Small Children

Does motherhood sound like the most exhausting job in the world? We’re gearing up for Rebecca to deliver really soon, so we’ve been thinking a lot as a family about modern motherhood lately. And at the same time, the news is constantly filled with the...

Reader question: Do Stay at Home Moms Have To Do All The Housework?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 5, 2015 | Emotional Connection, Homemaking

When it comes to splitting household chores, does the wife really have to do all the housework if she stays at home? Every Monday I like to try to answer a Reader Question, and today I’ve got two quite similar ones from two frustrated moms who feel that their...

10 Ways to Banish the Stay-at-Home Mom Blues

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 9, 2014 | Doing Life Together, Homemaking

Are the Stay-at-Home Mom Blues inevitable? I have always been a stay at home mom, but if you judge by the comments of many, I have the personality of a pea. If you’re a stay at home parent, you know what I mean. People constantly remark, “I don’t...

Reader Question: My Husband Thinks the Kids Are All My Job

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 2, 2013 | Family, Resolving Conflict

Every weekend I like to post a question someone sends in and let you readers have a go at it. This week’s question comes from a homemaker, who wants a better balance in the division of labor with her husband: For almost 3 years, I have been a homemaker. When my...

Why I’m at Home: Deciding to Be a Stay at Home Mom

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 7, 2011 | Family

A little while ago I started a firestorm when I wrote about planning my daughter’s future–and how we should consider a career choice that would make deciding to be a stay at home mom easier–if that was the preference. It made me think back to my own...

You Are Enough for Your Little Ones

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 10, 2009 | Family

When my children were babies we were living in downtown Toronto. My husband was a resident at the Hospital for Sick Children, and we were surrounded by high powered individuals. All of the other pediatric residents who had kids were female, and they didn’t have...