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    April 17, 2018
    Nicole Welle, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Being a good parent is hard. Being a bad parent is harder.
    FARGO — Since I am an autodidact who throws herself into learning in many areas, I, of course, applied myself in the same manner to parenting....
    lifestyle/familyApril 17, 2018 - 7:50am
    April 12, 2018
    Toy experts say the industry should move into supermarkets. Those from the grocery industry aren't as sure. Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey.
    Why grocery stores could be the salvation of toy makers
    A Barbie by the broccoli? Hot Wheels by the hot sauce? Some toy experts say that stocking toys at supermarkets is a recipe to boost the industry...
    business/retailApril 12, 2018 - 11:10am
    April 11, 2018
    Dr. Tonya Loken, a licensed naturopathic doctor, says her patients tell her that they eliminate every other day, and they consider this to be a normal schedule. Unfortunately, it's not. Pixabay
    No. 1 thing about No. 2: Naturopathic advocates say our waste a critical health benchmark
    FARGO — It's an inevitable fact of life for us all: death and taxes, and waste ... or if we're being informal, poop. We all cringe at the...
    lifestyle/healthApril 11, 2018 - 8:01am
    April 10, 2018
    DeCarla Tripp, a Ramsey County mother, discusses what she called the unfair removal of one of her children from her custody during a news conference Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the State Capitol in St. Paul in support of legislation that would create new oversight of child protective services and new protections for black families who are disproportionately in the system. Christopher Magan / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Black children are disproportionately removed from their families: Minnesota lawmakers seek legislative fix
    ST. PAUL—Black children in Minnesota are three times more likely to become involved with child protection and be removed from their homes...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 10, 2018 - 7:54pm
    Luke Hagen
    Another girl ... 'What do you think of that?'
    The look and follow-up question are almost always the same. "What do you think of that?" Two girls. Our second child, due May 19, is a little...
    lifestyle/familyApril 10, 2018 - 8:18am
    April 3, 2018
    Danielle Teigen
    Despite faults, Facebook helps recall my kids' childhood
    FARGO — Facebook has been in the news a lot lately, and not for good reasons. The recent revelations about the Cambridge Analytica data...
    lifestyle/familyApril 3, 2018 - 7:40am
    April 1, 2018
    Against a backdrop of cliffs on Daniels Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Kevin Skwira-Brown of Duluth fishes for lake trout during a recent winter camping trip. Sam Cook / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Dads, daughters continue decade-long tradition of winter camping
    GUNFLINT TRAIL, NORTH OF GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — On a bright March afternoon, a procession of winter travelers moved across the crusted snow...
    sports/outdoorsApril 1, 2018 - 6:00am
    March 31, 2018
    Brooke Henry, who is currently a freshman at North Dakota State University, spent more than $1,000 on her senior prom dress in 2017. Special to Forum News Service
    'Prom'inent costs
    FARGO — Before graduation, area teens have to say "yes to the dress" while parents hope the rising costs of prom won't break the bank or...
    lifestyle/money-and-financeMarch 31, 2018 - 8:20am
    March 30, 2018
    A dock on Farm Lake near Ely, Minn. MinnPost photo by Greta Kaul
    The Last Resorts: Minnesota facing disappearance of summer lake tradition
    Fishing and swimming in the sun, napping by the lake, listening to loon calls, picking out constellations in the dark northern sky, and trying...
    business/tourismMarch 30, 2018 - 3:30pm
    March 28, 2018
    Art covers the walls of Leota Dillon's home where she enjoys painting because it gives her a purpose and she can share her art with family. She is looking forward to celebrating her 100th birthday April 3 at Rosemount Senior Living. Kara Hildreth / Forum News Service
    A century of loving life, loving art: Dillon has plenty of parties planned
    ROSEMOUNT, Minn. — Leota Dillon holds a strong zest for living and life and each day looks forward to adding a few brushstrokes on her...
    milestones/birthdaysMarch 28, 2018 - 12:04pm
    March 27, 2018
    Eggs dyed in red cabbage water turn a surprising aqua color. Marbling happens with the addition of butter. Courtesy photo / Inspired Home magazineplay button
    Think outside the box for Easter egg dyes
    FARGO — Americans have been decorating Easter eggs the same way since the electric light bulb was in its infancy. It was 1880 when a druggist...
    lifestyle/familyMarch 27, 2018 - 8:40am
    Alicia Strnad Hoalcraft, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    Do you miss the life you had before kids?
    MOORHEAD, Minn. — "Do you ever, you know, miss the life you had before you had children?" I could almost hear the question being whispered...
    opinion/columnsMarch 27, 2018 - 8:15am
    March 25, 2018
    Sarah Schindler, Director of New Beginnings Preschool and Child Care Center at Hope Evangelical Covenant Church in Grand Forks, plays with a group of children at the center including (L-R) McKenna Johnson, Ingrid Kiefer and Bailey Johnson recently. (Eric Hylden / Forum News Service)
    Counting the cost of kids: Child goes from zero to 18 only $233,610 at a time
    GRAND FORKS — Psssst, new parents. You may have finally just gotten the baby down, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to let...
    newsMarch 25, 2018 - 6:05am
    March 20, 2018
    Ben Hanson, Parenting Perspectives columnist
    With a perfect son, it's hard not to be 'that parent'
    FARGO — Over on my blog, MrFullTimeDad.com (which you should go bookmark if you haven't already), I recently posted a guest blog written...
    opinion/columnsMarch 20, 2018 - 7:00am
    March 19, 2018
    Erica Dischino / Tribune Joe Koch, left, learns how to email on a tablet with the help of Hana DeSchepper, a student at New London High School, at Dethlefs Community Center in Spicer.
    Cyber Seniors
    SPICER — Judy Schultz joined the Air Force when she was 19 years old and, at 85, admits she's "old school" about a lot of things. So, desperate...
    lifestyle/healthMarch 19, 2018 - 11:48am
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