by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce While my best advice for Black Friday is to stay home and skip the chaos, especially if you’re expecting or have a newborn, if you do have to go out, here’s a Black Friday Shopping Survival Kit for New or Soon-to-Be Parents:...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce The teenage years are a time when many young people experiment with their growing independence. Sometimes those experiments are with harmful and potentially addictive substances. Parents of teenagers should watch for the following signs...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce It’s never been easy being a parent, but the last decade has added smartphones, texting, social media, and email to an already challenging task of what to monitor when it comes to your teen. Teens today are more connected than ever...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
MomsGetReal Contributor Katie Bugbee Believe it or not, in our attempt to do our jobs as parents, we often say things to our kids that we probably shouldn’t. And even though we have nothing but the best intentions, our words are often not received as intended by...
by Shadra Bruce | Book Reviews, Special Needs
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Most parents worry about organization before school starts, but for us, it takes a good month before we can figure out how we can best help our son, who has Asperger’s, which is either aggravated by or in addition to a sensory...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Pregnancy and Your Newborn
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Planning a baby shower can be a lot of fun, but it can also be a lot of work. Throw into the mix your own children’s insatiable need for attention and you can see how the stress level can rise quickly. Keep the kids from stressing you...
