Can You Be Your Child’s Friend as Well as Their Parent?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 18, 2021 | Parenting Teens

Is it bad to be your child’s friend if you’re also their parent? One of the pieces of advice we often hear in parenting circles is: “Remember, you’re their parent, not their friend.” To be honest, when my children were little and I was...

18 Things to Tell Your 16-Year-Old Son about Sex and Relationships

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 13, 2021 | Parenting Teens

What do you wish you could go back in time and say to your husband at 16 to encourage him? Or what do you want to say to your teenage son? I know it’s Thursday and it’s podcast day, but we hit a technical snag this week and we had to re-record some of it...

18 Things I’d Tell 16-Year-Old Me About Sex and Relationships

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 4, 2021 | Parenting Teens

I’ve been realizing lately I need to have compassion on younger me who was taught toxic stuff–and didn’t know how to reject it. And as I shared yesterday in my “Fixed it for you” posts, sometimes I’ve even taught that toxic stuff...

How to Help Your Kids Have Healthy Relationships with Opposite Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 23, 2021 | Parenting Teens

Ever since The Great Sex Rescue published I’ve had parents ask me–how do we make sure our kids don’t grow up with the same messages about sex? It’s funny because The Whole Story–our sex & puberty course that moms can share with...

PODCAST: What Teens Need to Hear to Keep a Healthy View of Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 8, 2021 | Podcasts

So if you’ve been loving what we’ve been sharing about The Great Sex Rescue–how do you make sure your kids grow up with healthy teachings? Today on the podcast we tackled how to translate some of our most important themes into something that we share...