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STAFF BLOG STOP LOOKING AT YOUR BROTHER Hiking ...
Yep, we don't go hiking enough. After the divorce several years ago, the boys and I were hiking maniacs. At least a couple of times per week we'd load up the two dogs and head out to any number o...
Posted on 10/19/09 at 12:50 PM
Parenting Perspectives: A dad and his son: Two concert firsts, 25 years apart
As I looked at my son, jamming out to Nickleback’s hit song “Photograph” alongside his buddy at the Fargodome Sunday night, I was instantly transported back some 25 years in time to another rock concert just about this time of year but just a bit farther west in town.
By Devlyn Brooks , May 21, 2012
'How does a bunny lay an egg?' | Devlyn Brooks' Easter conversation with his son
“Dad?” the Bug asked, after we had sat down for Easter breakfast at our church. “How does a bunny lay an egg?”
By Devlyn Brooks , April 09, 2012
Parenting Perspectives: Dad's proud of teenager
Dear Garrett,
It seems unimaginable, but this past weekend when my back was turned, you turned 14 years old.
By Devlyn Brooks , March 05, 2012
Parenting Perspectives: All this quiet is disturbing
At first the idea of catching two straight uninterrupted NFL football games was one to be cherished.
By Devlyn Brooks , January 16, 2012
Parenting Perspectives: Child’s first cry still meaningful nine years later
My dear little Bug,
Can it possibly be true? This past week I turned around, and inexplicably, my baby boy had turned into a 9-year-old little man who stands two-thirds my height and seems closer to adulthood than he does his days in diapers.
By Devlyn Brooks , December 05, 2011
Brooks: Mile Run Day not all it’s cracked up to be 
I propose that next year each of our elementary schools hosts a 500-meter swim in which every child must participate.
By Devlyn Brooks , October 24, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Enjoying the real rewards of parenting
With each passing stage the kids grow through, I think parenting can’t get better than this.
By Devlyn Brooks , August 16, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: 'Cab for kids' business concept can’t fail
I think if I were a young entrepreneur I would start a business that preyed on us overscheduled, weary parents who run after our children from one end of town to the other.
By Devlyn Brooks , June 07, 2011
Parenting Perspectives: Class knows no age
Dad, did those people think they knew more about the game than the refs?” my son The Bug asked me on the way home from a recent North Dakota State University women’s basketball game.
By Devlyn Brooks , February 22, 2011
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: 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: 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
Talk-show host Briggs leaving WDAY
Local radio personality Tracy Briggs is leaving her morning talk show job at WDAY and joining Forum Communications Interactive Media Group.
By Tracy Frank , August 21, 2010
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