PARENTING
Pity the Childless Couple...
Years ago I caught in Ann Lander's column a piece called Pity the Childless Couple. The original piece was penned by Rosalyn South in 1957 for a magazine called The American Mercury (thank you Barbara...
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:09 PM
Expectations and Influence
by Tim Mueller My moms great expectation for my brothers and me was that we would all become Catholic priests. To her, that was the highest calling for her boys and pressure was applied early in our l...
Posted on 5/31/13 at 6:15 AM
Back-to-Summer
Today was our last day of homeschool. FINALLY. I am not the only mom thinking that (Jen Hatmaker speaks for those who send their kids off to school) and I'm not even the only HOMESCHOOL mom thinking, ...
Posted on 5/30/13 at 7:23 PM
Parenting Perspectives: Keeping an open heart in the midst of rejection
My Parenting Perspectives column from May 14, as printed in The Forum... My husband, Craig, is ready to leave for work, but cant quite shake the 24-pound weight clinging to his ankles. Once again, I ...
Posted on 5/14/13 at 10:29 AM
I Miss Daddy!
When Hubby started in the oilfield last year, our daughter wasn't really phased by his absence. I'm not sure if she just didn't notice it or if she was just used to Daddy being gone whenever the Arm...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 12:29 PM
Speaker to host seminar for parents Aug. 24 
FARGO – Behavioral expert and motivational speaker Dr. Stephen Sroka will host “The Power of One – Making a Difference” seminar for parents at 7 p.m. on Aug. 24 at Fargo South High School.
August 14, 2011
Minivan Mom declares: "We won’t be summer shut-ins"
One year olds can be a tough crowd. They’re discovering independence and yet don’t have the words to express what they want and when they want it. On top of that, they have small attention spans.By Mary Jo Hotzler, Deputy Editor , May 24, 2011
You annoy me!
NEW YORK - Mom is not cool in her jeggings and Uggs. Dad’s a dork who drives a wreck. Together they’re unbearable, singing along in the supermarket to “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
By Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press , February 01, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Can we ‘have it all’?
For most of my motherhood, I’ve worked part time. In many ways, the limited workweek has provided me the best of both worlds.By Sherri Richards , January 25, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Mom craves simpler side of Christmas
By the time this column goes to press, another Christmas will have passed, and in many homes, a post-holiday wasteland will have pervaded.December 28, 2010
More Fargo-Moorhead grandparents are raising their grandchildren full time
By J. Shane Mercer , December 28, 2010
Low-income kids to get dental care in schools
When Children’s Dental Services identified Clay County as one of the two least-served counties in the state in terms of available dental care for children of low-income families, the Moorhead School Board readily agreed to a service that could change that.By Wendy Reuer , December 26, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Words escape preteen
It’s a darn good thing that my oldest son and I have football to talk about or entire weeks might slip by with nothing more than unintelligible grunts and shoulder shrugs serving as our means of communication.By Devlyn Brooks , December 21, 2010
Ringing in the New Year? Better get a sitter
Parents, give yourselves the gift of an early resolution: Snag a sitter pronto for New Year’s Eve and expect to open those wallets wide.By Associated Press , December 18, 2010
Father finds baby left on doorstep 
The father of an 8-month-old baby found the child left outside of his home at the Riviera Heights Mobile Home Park in Fargo on Saturday morning.
By Forum staff reports , December 15, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Giving is food for thought
Since September, an average-size cardboard box has become part of my kitchen décor. And every Sunday, I scour The Forum’s advertising inserts, looking for sales on kid-friendly food – macaroni and cheese, juice boxes, soup, individual-size containers of cereal, etc.By Kathy Tofflemire , December 14, 2010
Kids rack up charges on iPad video games
By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer , December 13, 2010
Behavior a reflection of parents
‘I don’t spank Eve, partly because of how I was raised,” wrote Sherri Richards in her Dec. 7 column.By Teri Youngs , December 12, 2010
Video Barbie worries FBI
If Barbie’s disproportionately thin waistline and professed view that “math is hard” caused parents to worry about her influence in the past, then a warning from the FBI regarding her latest antics certainly didn’t help her case.
By Vikki Ortiz Healy and Bonnie Miller Rubin, McClatchy Newspapers , December 12, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Moms mull punishment principles
My mom thinks I’m a bad mom. OK, that’s an unfair exaggeration. But it is how I felt after she told me I’m too permissive with my 2-year-old.By Sherri Richards , December 07, 2010
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