by Kira Hazledine | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics has taken a firm stance on spanking. The verdict? That would be a no from me, dawg. Their research, officially released December of 2018, says that spanking as a form of punishment...
by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce I started to write this by saying “the conversation you have with your kids about drugs is one of the most difficult and most important you’ll ever have.” That’s inaccurate. To really have an impact on your kids...
by Shadra Bruce | Making Memories, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids, Toddlers
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce When our daughter, Anika, was three, we took her out of daycare so that I could have some time with her and her brother over the summer before going back to work (I was headed back to the corporate world that fall). They spent the summer...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce In case you haven’t figured it out yet, this raising independent children series will be a five-part series, because, yep, I have five kids – five very unique, one-of-a-kind kids. You can read parts one (Derek), two (Kyle)...
by Kira Hazledine | Healthy Eating, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine A lot of mom rants have been popping up in my news feed about how damaging it is to use food as a reward system. Leads to unhealthy habits and makes junk foods “taboo” and “too desirable” or whatever. Apparently, it doesn’t teach...
by Kira Hazledine | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine There are a lot of challenges when it comes to parenting. There are days when my ability to function is in the toilet and my child eats a lot of goldfish and string cheese. There are other moments when I feel like a complete failure...
