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...

You Can’t Change the World. You Can Change Your Family.

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 28, 2018 | Uncategorized

I have been going through one of those weeks where I feel so depressed about the state of the world. I’ve been trying to cocoon, not pay attention to the news, not think about much of anything at all. That doesn’t mean, though, that I stop making a...

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...

Home Alone America

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 5, 2011 | Family, Parenting Teenagers, Tough Marriage Situations

Does it matter that most kids today are home alone for a time–and don’t have parents home to supervise? My blogging friend Terry wrote a series of posts a while back on why she came to see the world through a different, more family-centric, light. I...

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