by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Our society has made great strides when it comes to being accepting – not just tolerant – of others. We are living in a time of the nation’s first black president, where women have made strides toward professional equality, and gay...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Self-Improvement
Getting Real With Shada Bruce I sometimes wonder whether or not there was anything important in my life before I had kids. For me, having kids was instantaneous – I met and quickly fell in love with Dave and his three kids had stolen my heart. I was 26. I know...
by Shadra Bruce | Health, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra Domestic living isn’t glamorous, and is often taken for granted. But the trash doesn’t magically disappear, toys don’t dance back into toy boxes, clothes don’t clean themselves, and meals don’t fall from the sky like so much manna....
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Self-Improvement
Getting Real With Tiana Green Moms make great employees. As natural multi-taskers, we can get a lot done in a small amount of time. We are reliable and can remain focused on the task, getting things accomplished quickly and efficiently amidst complete chaos. Moms are...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
Getting Real With Kathy Winn I recently had an enormous panic attack related to scheduling and missed deadlines. Not the deadlines associated with (daytime) full-time job. No. This had more to do with my full-time evening, weekend and every other minute job. I had...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Stress Management
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra When I feel like crying over the spilled juice on the carpet, or screaming for the noise to stop when my kids are bickering as all kids do over whose turn it is to choose a movie, or when I just can’t stand to be called Mommy one more...
by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Growing up, I never had a lot of confidence. In fact, during middle school and high school, I was pretty much a social failure. It came down to a lack of self esteem and self confidence. It made it difficult for me to be comfortable in...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Let's Talk, Stress Management
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I really don’t like shopping. Why they say shopping is a female thing, I’ll never know. I just don’t get that whole glorious victory feeling after hunting through racks to find the perfect...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Making Memories
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey Have you ever given a child a camera? You should. It’s a lot of fun. Jeffrey loves cameras. He wants to hold mine, play with it and push the buttons. He absolutely has to see the picture after it’s been taken. I was going to get him...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Frugal Living, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra For the past couple of years my husband has been doing all the grocery shopping. Now I would still make the list, and he’d call from the store at least five times to check everything from size to brand, but shopping was his...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
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 kids even understand what you’re talking about and worse knowing how...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Special Needs
Getting Real With Amalia Starr Do you know how powerfully destructive negative input can be? It can tear one apart and make a person doubt them self in all areas of their life. It can stop one from advancing and wanting to do better. It can cause depression. We all...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk
Getting Real With Wanda Morrissey It seemed like I spent a good part of the morning telling my son ‘not now’. Not now, Jeffrey, I’ve got to put clothes in the washer. Not now, Jeffrey, I’ve got to do the dishes. Not now, Jeffrey, I need to take a shower. Not now,...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I was in the store the other day and they’re already clearancing costumes and preparing to put out Christmas trees and ornaments. It’s September, but if you’re a blended family, that can simply mean the stress season is...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Teens and Tweens
by Shadra Bruce When your kids are young, the worst thing you have to worry about on Halloween is the cavities they might incur from the copious amounts of candy they consume after trick-or-treating. Now that your teen is too old to dress up, you have a whole lot more...
