PARENTING PERSPECTIVES
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
writing wednesdays: stuff and stuff
If you didn't hear my brother-in-law play Silent Night on his I-phone during our family Christmas concert yet, you must visit yesterday's post first. For those wishing to read my latest column about ...
Posted on 12/28/11 at 1:00 AM
Grease cast polishes music
The Grease cast rehearses with the pit orchestra. Tickets are on sale now at 446-2010. Click pictures for larger view. ...
Posted on 11/19/11 at 8:04 AM
Gooseberry Outreach
There's more to Gooseberry than the performances. Each year Gooseberry Park Player cast members can apply to be part of the Gooseberry Advisory Council Kids (GACK). GACK does promotional events, com...
Posted on 7/18/11 at 9:39 PM
Parenting Perspectives: Mom’s Bieber fever
March 08, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Valuable lessons found in family stories
By Sherri Richards , March 01, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Class knows no age
By Devlyn Brooks , February 22, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: An itchy trigger finger
By Kathy Tofflemire , February 15, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Tracing family history
February 08, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: The invasion of the hungry teens
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: Winter memory etched in snow
It seems our family’s favorite outdoor memories come from times when someone’s left some skin on the ground, a sacrifice to Mother Nature who likes to remind us that we can enjoy her woods, her rivers and lakes and even her snow-covered hills, but we should never get too comfortable.By Devlyn Brooks , January 18, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Minivan moms multiply
When I bought a minivan this past summer, I felt as though I had sold a little piece of my soul.By Mary Jo Hotzler , January 11, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Storms test love-thy-neighbor credo
There are lessons to be learned during a North Dakota blizzard.By Kathy Tofflemire , January 11, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Feminists can still get help with jars
I’ve always thought of myself as a feminist. I was too young to burn my bra or march for the Equal Rights Amendment. But I acted out the words to Helen Reddy’s “I Am Woman” in my purple-flowered bedroom and wanted to grow up to be just like Mary Richards from “The Mary Tyler Moore show.”January 04, 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
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
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
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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