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 | 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,...
