by Shadra Bruce | Aug 13, 2021 | 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 | Jul 8, 2021 | 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 | Apr 21, 2021 | Sponsored Content, Technology, Work at Home
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 in internet...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Apr 9, 2021 | Raising Healthy Kids
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 | Jan 19, 2021 | 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 Read...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Dec 23, 2020 | Making Memories
Getting Real with Meaghan Williams With a nod to Clement Moore, I took a stab at tweaking his famous poem. In our family, my husband, Tim, reads Moore’s Visit from Saint Nicholas every Christmas Eve. While I’m no poet, writing this was cathartic for me. ...
by Shadra Bruce | Aug 28, 2020 | 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 | Jul 31, 2020 | 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 | Jul 30, 2020 | 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...
by Dynisha Smith | Jan 3, 2020 | Let's Talk, Parenting
Getting Real with Dynisha Smith I’m hoping that today’s blog becomes more of a conversation. I am genuinely so curious about how other parents make decisions for their house and whether they include their kids. So the whole premise of this is some social media...
by Shadra Bruce | Nov 25, 2019 | Kid Safety, Raising Healthy Kids, Sponsored Content
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce Full disclosure – I have no affiliation with HP, although I am powered by an HP laptop. ExpressVPN provides my annual VPN subscription free of charge in exchange for sharing information about the importance of cybersecurity and the...
by Dynisha Smith | Nov 21, 2019 | Parenting, Stress Management
Getting Real with Dynisha Smith Guess what’s coming up? The best and worst part of the year – the holiday season. For ANY parent this can be a time of mixed emotions. I won’t speak on yours, but mine include joy, warmth, envy, guilt, embarrassment, and alcohol....
by Dynisha Smith | Nov 15, 2019 | Education, Parenting
I’d like to think I’m the kind of parent who thinks ahead. In reality I’m the kind of parent who sort of thinks ahead when I have to, and mostly just waits until the last second. One area in which I made it a priority to really think ahead was education. Living in...
by Shadra Bruce | Nov 12, 2019 | Travel
Getting Real with Shadra Bruce We took our kids to Paris in 2016 as part of our 30-day trip to Europe that coincided with our daughter’s “I Do Take Two” – she and her husband had a small ceremony in the states with her U.S. family, then had a...
by Shadra Bruce | Nov 11, 2019 | Back to School, Self-Improvement
Starting a family changes your life in many ways. When you’re pregnant, it’s normal to think about how different your life will be in a very short time. You’ll have to make some sacrifices (including sleep!), it’s true. But one thing you shouldn’t have to sacrifice is...
