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: Adults can be bullies
November 30, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Minivan is full, so is life
Frequently, my household is faced with the reality of being a five-kid family in a two-kid world.November 23, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Slow down, sweet toddler 
‘Mommy, please I have fruit snack?” my 2-year-old daughter asked me so sweetly the other morning.
It was 7 a.m. “No, honey, you can’t have fruit snacks before breakfast,” I told her.
By Sherri Richards , November 16, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Son may experience a smackdown letdown 
I’m afraid my youngest son, whom we call Bug, may set a record for the shortest amateur wrestling career in history.
By Devlyn Brooks , November 09, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Siblings can be blessing or curse
When my daughter was little, she expressed a desire for a sibling, preferably an older brother.By Kathy Tofflemire , November 02, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Is technology a parent’s friend or foe?
It’s not easy being a Generation-X parent, especially when it comes to technology.By Roxane B. Salonen , October 19, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Tot’s choice: Neither
The day I started offering my daughter choices was the day I thought I’d mastered this parenting thing.By Sherri Richards , October 12, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Backyard discovery’s off the wall 
On Sunday, I discovered that I have a climbing wall in my backyard. Well, OK, a section of a climbing wall … a big section.
By Devlyn Brooks , October 05, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: School supply list has grown
As the last weeks of summer waned, you probably saw the TV commercial in which a boy comes up to his mother with his list of needed school supplies and anticipates an over-the-top reaction when she considers the cost.By Kathy Tofflemire , September 28, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: A mom’s soccer dilemma
I’m not going to lie. I’m not always suited for weather on the northern Plains.September 21, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Always starting over
On the first day of this school year, I found myself harkening back to a clichéd piece of wisdom my father dished out years ago.September 14, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: To spell or not to spell
On a recent family bike ride, I called over to my husband as the trail neared a neighborhood park. “Should we stop at the P-L-A-Y-G-R-O-U-N-D,” I said, using the spelling tactic to float the idea without getting our 2-year-old daughter, Eve, too excited about the prospect.By Sherri Richards , September 07, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Father’s football flashback 
If it’s true that we partly have children to vicariously relive our youth, then man, this past week, I’ve felt like I was a teenager.
By Devlyn Brooks , August 31, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Clearing clutter a battle 
I only watch two reality-TV shows with regularity: “The Biggest Loser” because it makes me feel thin (until the final weeks) and “Hoarders,” which makes me feel like a better housekeeper.
By Kathy Tofflemire , August 24, 2010
Parenting Perspectives: Tuning out and loving it 
One of the things I like most about writing this column is getting ideas from other parents.
August 17, 2010
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