by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 10, 2022 | Abuse, Faith
Many of us grew up with toxic faith. I just hope you know you can heal and grow! Did you all see the Humans of New York posts yesterday? Everyone was sending them to me! It was a 15-post story about a woman who “wasn’t the first preacher’s wife to...
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 20, 2022 | Parenting Young Kids
I never spanked my kids. Well, there’s a funny story about Katie, but I’ll leave that for another time. What I did do, though, was write a column in my weekly paper about twenty years ago bemoaning the fact that the Children’s Aid Society was taking...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 6, 2022 | Faith, Parenting Young Kids, Theology of Marriage and Sex
Yesterday on the podcast we looked at the metaanalysis about spanking, and talked about gentle parenting. That metaanalysis of 160,000 children found that spanking was either neutral or negative, but not positive. Like if you parent well in other areas, you can blunt...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 4, 2022 | Abuse, Faith
Sometimes church is a toxic place. Not always. Not even usually! Study after study has found that religiosity actually helps people, and people who go to church tend to have better mental health, better relationships, and better lives overall. HOWEVER–and...