by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 8, 2019 | Faith, Parenting Teenagers
What if the way churches are hiring youth pastors is hurting our youth and hurting our youth pastors? This is going to be a long one. My girls and I have been talking about this for years, as they have watched friends go the Bible college/youth pastor route, and we...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 3, 2019 | Parenting Teenagers
How can you help your daughters stay safe from sexual assault as they leave for college? It’s a new school year and thousands of students around the world are on their way to campus, ready for syllabus week (frosh week here in Canada!). I remember what it was...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 29, 2017 | Emotional Connection, Spending Time Together
Is your husband going back to school this year? Many of us are in the throes of back to school season with our kids: packing lunches, buying new notebooks and pencils, decorating lockers. But for some of us, it’s not just the kids heading back. Some of us have...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 8, 2016 | Managing Money, Parenting Teenagers
If you’re hoping and praying your kids go to college, how are you planning for college to be paid for? About a month ago I was out in British Columbia celebrating some family birthdays when my cousin-in-law said something interesting. He said, “Nobody ever...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 27, 2015 | Parenting Teenagers
Next Monday we load up the last of Katie’s things, help the piano movers steady the piano in the truck, and head out on the highway to drop her off at university. My job as a mom is done. My youngest child is leaving home. I know I am always a mom; my older...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 8, 2014 | Marriage, Preparing for Marriage
Every Monday I like to post a Reader Question and take a stab at answering it. Today’s comes from a college-aged friend of my oldest daughter Rebecca: Should you wait until you finish college to have a relationship–or to marry? This is a question...