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Teaching Our Kids the Value of Friendship

Teaching Our Kids the Value of Friendship

by Shadra Bruce | Parenting, Resolving Conflict, Teens and Tweens

Getting Real with Shadra Bruce As a stay-at-home mom turned work-at-home business owner, I don’t meet a lot of people. Since Dave works from home, too, it’s difficult for us to make new friends. The only people who come to our door that we don’t know...
Don’t Be the Asshole That Turns Away Teenagers on Halloween

Don’t Be the Asshole That Turns Away Teenagers on Halloween

by Kira Hazledine | Family, Teens and Tweens

Getting Real with Kira Hazledine Halloween is for all ages, right? That’s what everyone says. But apparently, according to sanctimonious buttheads, trick-or-treating is only for young children. Who decided that? Where is that rule written? Personally, I’ve never seen...
Stay Engaged with Your Teenagers

Stay Engaged with Your Teenagers

by Shadra Bruce | Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids, Teens and Tweens

Getting Real with Shadra Bruce After being a parent for 20+ years, I can tell you that it’s OK to get tired. Motherhood is a full-time job, and when you’re balancing the needs of multiple people for that many years, you can get a little burnt out. They say the...
Don’t Expect Your Kids to Have all the Answers at 18

Don’t Expect Your Kids to Have all the Answers at 18

by Shadra Bruce | Adult Children, Parenting, Raising Healthy Kids, Teens and Tweens

Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Do you have all the answers? If you don’t, why should your kids? The career I chose at 18 is not anything close to the career and business I have built today. But I grew up with a dad who got a job when he was 18 and stayed in the...
Raising Confident Sons with High Self-Esteem

Raising Confident Sons with High Self-Esteem

by Shadra Bruce | Parenting, Sponsored Content, Teens and Tweens

This post is sponsored by Mirum, but opinions expressed are my own. Getting Real with Shadra Bruce We talk so often about raising strong girls and raising girls with high self-esteem, but we don’t often talk about how important it is to raise confidant sons who...
Letting Your Kids Fail is Good Parenting

Letting Your Kids Fail is Good Parenting

by Shadra Bruce | Adult Children, Parenting, Teens and Tweens

Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Letting your kids fail is good parenting. There are risks in every decision. As moms, we encourage our children to try and try again, but sometimes it’s easy to skim over what failing teaches us. Sometimes it’s not as simple as getting...
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