by Shadra Bruce | Love, Parenting, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Your anxieties are not your child’s problem. As mothers, we have worried about our children since conception, but it’s not fair to voice every one of those concerns. Doing so will transfer that stress to your children, and for what? Are...
by Shadra Bruce | Breastfeeding
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce I do not have as much experience with breastfeeding as other moms. My son, Parker, breastfed for less than two months, and with my daughter, Anika, I made it a whopping four months. I did the best I could to breastfeed, but at the end of...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Childhood is such a precious time. Concerns are easily abated with hugs and kisses, and discovery is unending. It’s an unpleasant reality that our kids grow too quickly, but does the excitement that existed in childhood ever have to end?...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce The “summer slide” is the learning loss that happens during our long summers here in the U.S. Few kids are helping on the family farm, but there have been no adjustments to the lengthy summer break originally designed for harvest....
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce We have never hesitated to move to a new location, and of course, we dragged all five children with us before they were adults that could make their own choices. Now that they are adults, they are not following us around the country...
