by Shadra Bruce | Self-Improvement
Allyship is an important part of any movement. It’s far easier for people in positions of power to ignore something when it’s just small portions of oppressed groups speaking up. Having people with far more privilege make noise with everyone else gives the movement a...
by Shadra Bruce | Special Needs
Raising children on the autism spectrum can be very challenging. Over the years, we have discovered products that work to help meet the needs of our special children. The links to products in this article are affiliate links. MomsGetReal is an Amazon affiliate and...
by MomsGetReal | Raising Healthy Kids
Raising kids in the digital age is hard. Living offline used to be the norm if you grew up in the 70s, 80s, or even the 90s. Having a cell phone wasn’t a possibility and certainly not the norm. Facebook and Twitter were barely (if even) ideas and MySpace was not even...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
by Shadra Bruce When your child comes out as trans, your first feeling may be cautious surprise. You’ve lived with this person for their whole lives, and you never noticed a thing. Yet, if you want to support your child, it’s possible to respect their newfound...
by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Going back to school isn’t what it used to be. I don’t actually miss having kids in school. I would not want to be a parent with kids in school right now. Look at what moms have to do to protect their kids these days! I...
by Kira Hazledine | Parenting
Getting Real with Kira Hazledine From early on, my daughter Hallie has made it clear what she likes to wear. I distinctly remember having to pull over on the side of the road in desperate attempts to figure out what was wrong with my usually happy child. She rarely...
by Shadra Bruce | Money Matters
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Statistics show that the cost of raising a child through the age of 17 is $233,610, and that doesn’t include college education. Of course the gift of having a child and starting a family outweighs these costs, but it’s always nice to be...
by Shadra Bruce | Sponsored Content
Toddlers are messy eaters. As they learn to feed themselves, they also enjoy discovering gravity, finding out that bowls fit like hats, and generally making a mess of everything. Enter plates and bowls that will stick to high chair trays and table surfaces. But did...
by Shadra Bruce | Sponsored Content
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Full disclosure – I have no affiliation with MacBook. ExpressVPN provides my annual VPN subscription free of charge in exchange for sharing information about the importance of cybersecurity and the role a VPN can play...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Sponsored Content
As someone who has personally discovered the power of sewing as a calming and meditative solution to life’s woes, I was very excited when Neve offered to share her thoughts on how to use sewing to help kids practice mindfulness. When we think about keeping our...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Kid Safety
Kids are spending more time online these days, especially with hybrid learning. We asked David Lukić, security and compliance specialist at IDStrong, to give us a run down on internet safety for kids, including their heightened risk for identity theft. Getting Real...
by Shadra Bruce | On Motherhood
My youngest child turned 18 in October. That’s it – I managed to corral them all to adulthood. Where’s my prize? As it turns out – and to be honest, I already knew this since I have done this 4 times before – getting them to 18 is just...
by Shadra Bruce | On Motherhood, Stress Management
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce We moms are tough. We can take a lot. I mean, most of us can push something the size of a cantaloupe or larger through our vaginas, so we can handle a lot of shit. But this is a convergence of catastrophes unlike anything I would have...
by Shadra Bruce | Work at Home
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce I walked away from the well-know very large Boise-based corporation I was employed by for the last time in Wednesday, May 23, 2007. I was “fired” with a hefty severance package to keep my quiet since my atrocious boss told me...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Home and Hearth
By Jessica Larson, SolopreneurJournal.com The pandemic closed businesses and schools five months ago. Choir and band concerts, sports seasons, summer camps, and pretty much every other “normal” youth activity have been shut down. We’ve spent the past few...
