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Encourage Kids to Tap Into Their Brain P.O.W.E.R.
It can be difficult to pull your child away from his Xbox 360, but simulation isn’t always the kind of stimulation he needs. For optimal brain performance, think P.O.W.E.R.: P – Personal…
Get Kids to Eat Healthy at the School Cafeteria and Beyond
Healthy eating starts at home, but what happens when kids are out and about? Unfortunately, you can’t always control what your kids consume after they walk out the door. Like…
Raising Healthy Kids: Creative Ways to Encourage Physical Fitness
When it comes to getting your kids physically fit, think outside of the sandbox. It’s been ingrained in us that our children need to play ball games: football, basketball, baseball,…
Boosting Kids’ Self-Esteem in 3 Easy Steps
Getting Real With Candi Wingate Kids ages five to 12 years old often exhibit self-doubt. They don’t think they’re good at a particular task, even though they may actually be quite…
Playful Planet Helps Busy Moms Go Green with 5 Easy Changes
Getting Real With Jessica Blum, Playful Planet The players of PlayfulPlanet.com asked themselves how busy moms could become a little more “green”… …they came up with these 5 key lifestyle changes: …
Help Half a Billion Kids with Neglected Tropical Diseases
I’m donating our space here at MomsGetReal today to Caitlin Garlow from the End7 organization. Caitlin’s message is truly important, and I hope you’ll take a moment to read it,…
Delays, Doubts, & Doing Something – Your Child’s Development
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra Oh, those developmental benchmarks we call milestones. They can drive a mother mad. There is the cry of future genius when your baby does something ahead…
Packing a Safe Lunch for Your Kids
Familiar foods are often better than the mystery scoop of meat goo served by the school cafeteria, and you can relax knowing they won’t starve their way through the afternoon.…
Our Family Is Taking the LISTERINE® “Oral Care Challenge”
The kids have barely finished consuming their Halloween candy and the holiday treats are starting to appear. Fudge and breads from grandma, along with a plate of cookies are on…
From Princess to President – Raising Strong Girls
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…
When Sharing Is Not Okay – It Is Flu Season!
Getting Real With Kathy Winn I work in the health care field. I don’t provide health care, but I work on the administrative side. Still, I spend a lot of time…
It’s Never Too Early to Have the Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce As a parent, having ‘The Talk’ is probably one of the most difficult and challenging moments of parenthood. It can be difficult to believe that your…
Rally for Recess – Get Active in Getting Kids Moving
// My kids attend school in a small town where the primary school (grades K-3) is and the elementary school (grades 4-5), middle school (6-8) and high school (9-12) are…
She Doesn’t Need a Diet!
Getting Real with Veronica Ibarra It started in kindergarten. My daughter began growing out faster than she was growing up, and I began feeling like a bad mom because I couldn’t figure…
Fashion Trailblazer to First Female President
by Shadra Bruce Last Spring, we took our kids to Washington D.C. It was our first time there, and the kids were impressed with seeing, live and in person, the buildings…
Dance Like No One’s Watching
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Each June, our daughter’s hard work pays off – with more hard work. For 10 months each year for the last couple years, Anika has been…
You Shouldn't Use the TV as a Babysitter, Right?
by Shadra Bruce Let’s face it, whether you’re a single parent or just home alone with the kids, there are times when you simply need to take a break. When the…
Behavior Charts and Positive Outcomes
by Veronica Ibarra I recently attended a parent-student workshop at my daughter’s school focused on Positive Behavior Intervention & Support in the Home, an extension of the PBIS they implement at her school. Having worked…
For Fitness and Sanity
Getting Real With Kathy Winn If you’re asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach. - Bruce Jenner My husband and I were both “chubby” (that’s…
Traumatizing Kids with Veggies
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey I’m the member of several online mom communities, and every now and then I see discussions over whether or not sneaking veggies into children’s meals is…
