by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids
by Shadra Bruce Last Spring, we took our kids to Washington D.C. It was our first time there, and the kids were impressed with seeing, live and in person, the buildings and monuments they had studied about in school. When my daughter, Anika, says she plans to be the...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Parenting
by Shadra Bruce In case you haven’t noticed, this country is in a lot of debt. As a country and as individuals, we’ve all gotten used to the idea of living on credit. While for most of us, getting a loan is the only way we could ever afford to buy a house, too many...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce When you’re riding in the car, have you ever had the seat belt tighten against you? What’s the first thing you do when you feel it tighten but there’s no actual danger around? You try to loosen it up, right? I know for myself, the minute that seat belt...
by Shadra Bruce | Crafts with Kids
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey When I found this activity on the internet, I knew I had to try it. When I told my husband about it, he said I had to wait until he was home to do it. I wasn’t sure if my 3 year old would enjoy it. I thought that this was going to be...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce In this day and age, we all have the “good touch/bad touch” talk with our kids when they are young. And, most of us grit our teeth and make it through the uncomfortable but necessary sex talk with our adolescents. I worry, though, that many parents...
