by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce How old were your kids when they first started asking for a cell phone? Mine hadn’t even hit double digits. If you’re wrestling with the decision – and worried about how to keep them safe – here is something to...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Is there an ideal car for a teenager? Dave and I started having this argument around the time our oldest indicated the slightest interest in being behind the wheel. The thought of teen drivers (mine or yours) on the road gives me more...
by Shadra Bruce | Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce One little S. That’s all you have to add to “mothering” to make it “smothering.” The “s”mother is a close cousin of the helicopter parent. But what do you do when you’re not the smotherer?...
by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce There’s no avoiding a little bit of gender bias in raising my kids. I mean, I guess we could have gone to the extremes of the Canadian couple who’ve chosen to raise their child genderless so that he/she can choose for...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Our society has made great strides when it comes to being accepting – not just tolerant – of others. We are living in a time of the nation’s first black president, where women have made strides toward professional equality, and gay...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce When your kids are young, the worst thing you have to worry about on Halloween is the cavities they might incur from the copious amounts of candy they consume after trick-or-treating. Now that your teen is too old to dress up, you have a whole lot more...
