Jun 30 Escalating violence leaves 3.6 million Iraqi children at risk, report says By Omar Etman The "catastrophic" rise of violence in Iraq has left one in five of the country's children at risk of death, injury, sexual violence and abduction, according to a new UNICEF report. Continue reading
Jun 18 Obama urges parents to teach children to cherish differences By Michael D. Regan and Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama asked parents Saturday to teach their children to love, not hate, and to appreciate differences as something to cherish, not fear. Continue reading
Apr 29 Column: 12 alternatives to timeouts when kids are at their worst By Wendy Thomas Russell One day we were trying to steer our daughter’s behavior by imposing timeouts and taking toys away and limiting TV time whenever she went astray. And the next, we weren’t. Did she start running roughshod over our house, our feelings… Continue reading
Jan 31 Europol: Thousands of migrant children unaccounted for in Europe By Michael D. Regan More than 10,000 migrant children who entered Europe during the last two years are unaccounted for, raising concerns some may have been swept up by criminal networks, according to Europol. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 7:15 An economic divide can be seen in parents’ worries and aspirations By PBS News Hour Lower-income parents tend to worry that their children might fall victim to violence, while parents with higher incomes worry their kids are burdened by busy schedules. That’s one finding of a major new survey on the ways socioeconomic divides affect… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 3:27 Parents, beware the cost of over-helping your kids By PBS News Hour Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of “How to Raise an Adult,” shares her essay on why she believes it is important for parents to get over overparenting. Continue watching
Dec 09 Watch 7:59 Living with stress for too long may be giving kids asthma By PBS News Hour The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma has grown dramatically, with high-crime cities being hit especially hard. In a joint report with The Detroit News, special correspondent Indira Lakshmanan examines emerging research that indicates stress, abuse and violence may play… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Most teens think they can multitask while getting screen time. They can’t. By PBS News Hour Today's teens and tweens are constantly connecting -- to TV, computers, smartphones and tablets. Kids between 8 and 12 report spending an average of 4.5 hours a day in front of a screen, while teenagers spend more than 6.5 hours… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 2:42 Women work or stay at home? Americans want it both ways, says author Jennifer Senior By PBS News Hour A lot has changed about parenting since the first days of America, including our perceptions of what’s best for our children. Jennifer Senior, author of "All Joy and No Fun," offers her Brief But Spectacular take on the paradoxes of… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 7:48 Transforming Boston’s untapped talent into mini maestros By PBS News Hour If you take a look at orchestras around the country, you'll find a striking lack of black and Latino players. Changing the face of classical music is the mission of Project STEP, a Boston organization that for more than 30… Continue watching