by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 24, 2020 | Abuse
In church, we simply don’t have a good working understanding of the importance of consent in sex. I think it’s because we tend to operate with the idea that women aren’t allowed to say no to sex, and that sex is an entitlement upon marriage. As we...
by Joanna Sawatsky | Oct 1, 2019 | Abuse, Parenting Small Children
As parents we want to do everything we can to protect our kids from sexual abuse. And even though we can never completely eliminate the risk, we can make it more likely that they will tell us if something is up. We can make it more likely that we will notice. And we...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 17, 2019 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers, Pornography
Can you have a porn-free home? I wish I could say, “absolutely!”, but I can’t. I don’t even like the title of this post, because it promises something I can’t deliver. I was thinking of “Porn Safe”, but that makes it...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 21, 2019 | Parenting Small Children
We live in a world with such distorted sexuality that teaching kids about sex in a healthy way becomes challenging. First there’s our culture which tells us that sexiness is all that matters–that sexual experimentation is part of figuring out who you are...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 25, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers
Catching your child touching himself or herself when they’re really young can be a difficult one for parents. And it’s something that we often freak out about. What if they’re growing into sex addicts? I get so many questions about how to handle a...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 24, 2018 | Parenting Teenagers
Want to make talking to your kids about sex the least awkward as possible?There’s one big rule when you’re talking to them about sex and puberty. And here it is. When you’re talking…. LISTEN. Yep. If you want to encourage your kids to actually...