by Shadra Bruce | Love, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce The holiday season revolves around kindness to others, and there’s no doubt that gift-giving is a component in that. There is joy in giving to others, as well as receiving, but if we don’t teach children early what the true spirit of the...
by Kira Hazledine | Keeping Marriage Strong, Parenting
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine My husband and I don’t go on dates often. We both work, I chase after our toddler during the day, and we are just generally tired. I said to him the other day how impressed I was that we were both awake past 9pm, because usually one of...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Life is busy, and finding time to bond with your kids – especially as they get older – can be difficult. But motherhood doesn’t stop just because the kids have outgrown bottles and diapers and cuddles, and finding time...
by Kira Hazledine | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine I spend a lot of time asking Hallie to say “sorry.” Hallie is a year and a half, and her current attitude has me worried about the terrible twos already. She apologizes for a lot of different things, like hitting, biting, throwing, and...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
As we raise our children, we teach them to say please and thank you, to be polite, and to show respect to the adults in their lives. We try to protect them from harm without wrapping them in bubble wrap and waiting until they turn 18 to let them out. There is nothing...
by Kira Hazledine | Parenting, Toddlers
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Ok, I get it. Kids are jerks. They are learning how to regulate their tiny bodies with big personalities and emotions, and things are bound to happen. They have no filter, which I really envy sometimes. So, kids are going to fight....
