by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids
It doesn’t seem to matter if your kids are 2 or 12 or 17 and 3/4. All kids know exactly how to push buttons and they are completely ok with pressing every one of them (as if it were their full time job). Sometimes, it feels like my buttons are big and red and...
by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Social media is everywhere. And especially in our house, where my husband and I run a niche marketing firm that focuses in part on social media strategy and content marketing, social media is prolific. But does your child need to have...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce School will be back in session here soon, and once again we’ll begin the battle of homework hill. You know, the part where teachers assign huge projects, send them home for the kids to do, and leave unsuspecting parents to pick up...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Your child has earned time in the corner again, like every child is bound to do. Problem is, your child doesn’t quite mind time-out. They practically mock you as they smile and sing in the corner as if nothing was amiss. Clearly...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Everyone has their comfort zone, no matter the age. We all have a preferred activity or lifestyle, and it is hard to stray into the unknown. But we are probably born with a passion for curiosity. What changes? Maybe we become complacent or simply learn to fear what...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Toddlers
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Those big crocodile tears spell nothing but trouble. You not only have to deal with the cuteness factor that makes you feel like an evil parent for not just giving in to whatever it is will make those tears go away, but the wails that...
