by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 21, 2026 | Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids, Podcasts
Many of us are starting from scratch with parenting. We were raised in James Dobson, authoritarian type households, and we know we don’t want that for our children. But we also look around at so many of the parenting trends today, and it seems as if there...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 4, 2025 | Parenting Young Kids, Research
Evangelical influencer culture appears to be very pro-spanking I want to share a story today that I think has deep implications for our work here at Bare Marriage. Earlier in July, Madison Prewett and her husband Grant Troutt shared on their podcast about their plans...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | Nov 18, 2024 | Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids
Has gentle parenting been given a bad rap? For good reason? We had an amazing podcast last week with Wendy Snyder from Fresh Start Families, and this Tuesday we’re doing a FREE webinar with Wendy to talk about how to parent with both kindness and firmness....
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...
