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10 Things I Learned on the Other Side of the World

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 11, 2018 | Faith

Last week our family returned from a missions trip to a children’s home in Kenya. It was our fourth time visiting the Mulli Children’s Family, a home to orphaned, abandoned, or abused children. MCF was started a Kenyan almost 30 years ago. Charles Mulli...

Top 10 Unpopular Truths Your Teenage Son Needs to Know

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 16, 2017 | Family, Parenting Teenagers

What are you teaching your teenage son about what it means to be a man? I talk a lot on the blog about how to raise girls–because I have two! In fact, as we speak my girls and I are working on an online course to help parents teach their daughters about puberty...

The One Skill Everyone Must Have Before They Leave Home

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 18, 2016 | Homemaking, Parenting Teenagers

In two weeks my daughter Katie moves back to Ottawa for her second year at university. She’s been home for the summer, and it’s been lovely to have her here, but it’s time for her to go back. She misses being an adult, I think. And she really is an...