by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Raising Healthy Kids
MomsGetReal Contributor Tonia Caselman Empathy is the ability to (1) read and understand another’s emotional cues, (2) personally experience some of that person’s feelings, and (3) express that understanding verbally and/or behaviorally. It is much more than simply...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Our daughter, Kira, just graduated from college. We’re very proud of her accomplishments. She won awards, has a plan for the future, and has already moved to the big city to seek adventure. I’m a little jealous, to be...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, On Motherhood
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce My mom used to tell me (especially in moments of stress when things were going as wrong as possible between us) that she was doing the best she could – that parenting didn’t come with an instruction manual. She would then...
by Shadra Bruce | Doing it Alone, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce I’ve never actually been a single parent, but I know that single parenting must be incredibly difficult. For two weeks, my husband was laid up while recovering from surgery. My husband, who, as an experienced single father, does...
by Shadra Bruce | Kid Safety, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Do you remember how old you were when your parents first told you to be careful not to talk to strangers? Depending on how old you are now, your parents may not have had to have that talk with you until you were school age or older. ...
by Chris Wilcox | Chris Crossing, Let's Talk
View from the Dragonfly’s Back MomsGetReal Soul Feeder Chris Wilcox Last week, my sister and I drove from Boise, ID to Fort Worth, TX, and back. Saturday of one week to Sunday of the next. In the middle of that, a fabulous team of movers showed up to pack my...
