by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Parenting, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce When I got my license, I was 15 years old. I was a straight A student. I was trustworthy and well behaved. But… the temptation to go places I shouldn’t be, or do things I shouldn’t do was more than I was able to bear at times, especially with peer...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
By Shadra Bruce When your child’s grades suddenly swing from passing to “How did this happen?!” there may be cause for concern. However, jumping to the conclusion that he or she was goofing around instead of paying attention or not putting in enough...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Love
Every relationship, if it lasts long enough, has to survive periods of intense stress. While there are certain life events that cause a great deal of stress, like changing jobs or schools, getting married or divorced, having a child or having a child go away to school...
by Shadra Bruce | Adult Children, Let's Talk
Dave and I don’t get out much, but have our routines that give us the “us” time we need. We get up at 5 for a cup of coffee together before we have to get the kids going for school. We send the kids to their bedrooms at 8 to get some time on our own...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Self-Improvement
by Shadra Bruce For most of my adult life, I’ve allowed myself the small indulgence of watching repeats of Bob Ross on PBS whenever I ran across his program. Something about listening to his voice and watching his canvas transform into an amazing picture was...
