by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 31, 2023 | Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids, Podcasts
Can discipline and kindness go together? Today on the Bare Marriage podcast we’re joined by one of our favourite people, Wendy Snyder, a parenting coach with Fresh Start Family. She helps parents learn how firm kindness works–how we can connect with our...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 17, 2022 | 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 Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 23, 2022 | Parenting Young Kids
It’s easy to use the “we’re just following the Bible!” trumpcard when debating something, and spanking proves an excellent example of how this can go awry. We’ve been talking about spanking as a method of discipline for a few weeks now,...
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...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Does research really say that spanking is bad for kids? We’ve had an interesting week on the blog, where we’ve talked about periods, sex, homeschooling, and so much more! But I want to revisit Rebecca’s post on Wednesday about how we shouldn’t...