by Shadra Bruce | Love, Parenting, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Your anxieties are not your child’s problem. As mothers, we have worried about our children since conception, but it’s not fair to voice every one of those concerns. Doing so will transfer that stress to your children, and for what? Are...
by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety, Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce More violence. More racism. More hatred. Legalized discrimination. That’s the world my children are inheriting. Our oldest sons are insulated, for now. They are both special needs, living in carefully structured worlds that are...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce So there is some irony in writing this blog, the third in my series on raising independent children (read about Derek and Kyle). One might think that, because Kira (who just turned 28) lives with us, we haven’t actually succeeded...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Special Needs
Getting Real With Amalia Starr Independence Day is just around the corner and it became one of my favorite holidays fourteen years ago when Brandon became independent and free. At that time, I too found independence and freedom as well. We never know when we raise...
