by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce It seems like it’s harder to be a kid these days than it used to be. There have always been pressures growing up, but with social media and the internet, there are new avenues of potential stress to consider. Where cyber-bullying didn’t...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Sometimes as a parent you just can’t handle another episode on the Baby TV channel or Nick Jr. We’ve all been there, switching over to something else — anything else — even for just a half hour or so. You may think that your...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Having a child is a joyous occasion. There is so much excitement over a new baby, and everyone expects the new mother to be overcome with happiness. Unfortunately, having a baby isn’t all rainbows and sunshine…it is a huge...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce As a parent, you want your child to have a well-balanced lifestyle, getting regular exercise, having a good sleeping schedule, and eating healthy. But what do you do when your child pushes back on the habits you want them to form?...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce The first kindergarten was established in the 1800s by Freidrich Froebel in Germany to help impoverished children prepare for school. By the mid-1800s, there were at least two known kindergartens (in Virginia and Wisconsin) in the United...
by Shadra Bruce | Special Needs, Travel
We recently took our family to Disneyland, which was quite a unique experience, since we were traveling with our adult disabled son, Kyle, who has Down syndrome and is mostly confined to a wheelchair. He lives at home with us, and Disney was a wonderful experience for...
