by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 8, 2025 | Parenting Teens
Last Sunday, a disturbing video went viral of a teen girl apologizing for being pregnant in front of her church. It was an Apostolic church in Virginia. After her confession. The congregation applauded, but then the pastor got up and chastised them, saying that no one...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 28, 2023 | Parenting Teens
What happens when teenage girls don’t understand consent and coercion? They often blame themselves for their own date rape. In our consent chapter for She Deserves Better, we told Kay’s story–that all too many of you will relate to. Kay was making...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 10, 2023 | Parenting Teens
We had an amazing Theology in the Raw podcast with Preston Sprinkle. It dropped on Thursday, but I’d like to tell you about it, because we’ve never had this opportunity before to answer (friendly!) pushback about our views on modesty and consent. We were...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2023 | Podcasts
Consent and Modesty: Let’s talk about two ways the church often gives terrible messaging to teens–and why Today on the podcast we’re looking at two more aspects of our upcoming book She Deserves Better, which launches on April 18! We’re going...
