Coronavirus is kicking everyone in the ass, but it’s especially tough for kids and teens. Here’s some guidance and a few resources to help us all through.

#IAmNotaDistraction – New Letter to Editor
Letter to the Editor of The Forum, Fargo, N.D., about dress code enforcement in Fargo Public Schools, in response to a letter by Keith Berg from 11/27/18

Positive Feedback on #IAmNotaDistractionFargo
Here are comments on Facebook regarding The Forum’s story about #IAmNotaDistractionFargo, published on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018.

Fargo Newspaper Features Effort to End Body Shaming in Local Public Schools
#IAmNotaDistractionFargo invites anyone and everyone to share their own stories about themselves, their kids, their siblings or their friends being “coded” in a Fargo Public School.

#IAmNotaDistractionFargo – Dress Code Enforcement Update
There’s been some activity with the issue of Fargo Public Schools dress code enforcement. The Forum If you have, or if your daughter, sister or friend has ever been “coded,” […]

#IAmNotaDistractionFargo
It will take many voices to bring about change in the gender-biased way the Fargo Public Schools dress code is applied and enforced. Please consider lending yours.

The Alleged “Distractees” – Not Our Daughters and Sisters – Must Change
Each year, Fargo Public Schools (FPS) officials tell our daughters – sometimes explicitly, often implicitly – they will be a “distraction” to other students and teachers if they wear spaghetti-strap tops that are “too revealing,” pants that are “too tight” or skirts that are “too short.”
FM Community Project Highlights “Extraordinary Ordinary” People
I’m proud to announce “About Faces,” a new community project featuring images and stories of people who illustrate – we hope – the extraordinary in our ordinary, work-a-day lives.

With Team Parents, It’s Hit or Miss
This one’s for you, Brah… In the fall of 2016 my daughter played volleyball for Fargo South. As often happens among road warriors who follow their kids all over state […]