We simply must talk more about how spanking affects children long term. The biggest group of people who still support spanking are evangelical Christians, yet the research about spanking being harmful for kids is overwhelming. I'm not going to rehash that today,...
Every now and then my grandkids give me a picture of God’s love for us. Or rather, their parents do. I don’t share about my grandkids very often, but last week, on a private Instagram page, Rebecca posted a series of pictures of my 3-year-old grandson Alex and his dad...
When I was speaking back in the early 2000s, I remember asking women if they were a better wife or a better mother. Almost everyone put their hands up to "better mother." And I remember saying, why don't we realize that what kids really need is a strong marriage? Why...
Talking to your kids about sex and puberty is awkward. It just is. It's talking about something that is highly personal--really the most personal part of your life--with your children. It's that moment when your children go from being naive to understanding a lot...
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 young daughter (say...
We all want kids to be innocent. But sometimes I worry that in our quest for innocence, we inadvertently push ignorance. I've been thinking about this a lot this last month as my girls and I gear up to launch our course, The Whole Story: Not So Scary Talks about Sex,...
Will the world come to an end if your kids know you have sex? It's Wednesday, the day when we always talk marriage here at To Love, Honor and Vacuum! And for the last few weeks my girls and I have been working on a really exciting project. We've been creating an...
We've been talking about Christmas this week, and for today's Friday Roundup I wanted to do something a little different than normal. So in keeping with our theme, today my daughter Rebecca is talking about some memories she has of Gregoire Christmases, but, most...
Are you the kind of mom who can easily talk to your older kids about sex? Or who WANTS to be that kind of mom when her kids are older? A while ago I posted a reader question on my Facebook Page, which I thought was really good. A Reader Asks: "My daughter is getting...
Here's the scenario: you have quite a past--whether it's drug use or alcohol or past sexual activity--and then you got married and you cleaned up your life. But now your kids are growing up, and you're trying to teach them to do the right thing. How do you start...