by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 7, 2020 | Parenting Teens, Parenting Young Kids
Most of you who read this blog are here because you want to enjoy all God has for us with marriage and sex. But a lot of times we’ve got roadblocks from our family of origin. Maybe sex wasn’t taught well, or you grew up thinking sex was shameful–or...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 6, 2020 | Parenting Young Kids
I think it’s vitally important to teach kids to use the proper words for body parts, and particularly genitalia. It decreases shame; it helps them understand their bodies; it can even help prevent sexual abuse. We’re working really hard behind the scenes...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 27, 2020 | Pornography
What’s happening with the next generation when it comes to pornography? How will porn use affect them, and their marriages? We’re in the last Monday in our series about porn in April. We looked at the effects of porn; at 4 things you should do if your...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 24, 2020 | Abuse
In church, we simply don’t have a good working understanding of the importance of consent in sex. I think it’s because we tend to operate with the idea that women aren’t allowed to say no to sex, and that sex is an entitlement upon marriage. As we...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 1, 2019 | Abuse
As parents we want to do everything we can to protect our kids from sexual abuse. And even though we can never completely eliminate the risk, we can make it more likely that they will tell us if something is up. We can make it more likely that we will notice. And we...
