by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 15, 2024 | Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids
We know that parenting is the biggest responsibility we will ever have. But we’ve been told such different things about the nature of that responsibility. If you grew up in an evangelical church, chances are you were told that a parent’s job is to teach...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | Nov 13, 2024 | Parenting Young Kids
We shouldn’t be spanking babies. Well, spanking at all is problematic–but we especially shouldn’t be spanking babies! This month I’m reposting some of the important posts I ran 4-5 years ago, and this is one I find that I point back to all the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 27, 2024 | Parenting Young Kids
Does spanking help kids obey? Yesterday on the Bare Marriage podcast I had an amazing conversation with David and Amanda Erickson about their new book The Flourishing Family. One thing I especially appreciated about their book is that they brought in the data about...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 26, 2024 | Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids, Podcasts
Christian parenting advice is full of toxic teachings we need to ditch! It’s not just marriage and sex where a lot of Christian teachings have gone wrong. It’s also with parenting. Instead of teaching parents to connect with their kids and discipline in a...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 3, 2022 | Faith, Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids
Christian parenting advice seems to really like discipline and obedience. Rebecca here on the blog today. As I was researching other parenting books and various Christian parenting blogs as I wrote my book, Why I Didn’t Rebel, this focus on repentance and...
