Jun 20 Watch Study: Food Allergies in Children Becoming More Common, Severe A new study out Monday find that children's food allergies are now more common, and more severe. Gwen Ifill discusses the findings with Dr. Ruchi Gupta, the lead author of the study. Continue watching
Jun 15 ‘Skateistan’ Offers Glimpse Into Lives of Young Afghan Skateboarders We're looking at the film "Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul," a documentary that follows the lives of young skateboarders in Afghanistan, this week as part of our partnership with The Economist magazine that showcases the art of filmmaking. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch Self-Controlled Kids Prosper as Adults: “Fatalistically Depressing”? The full interview of Sesame Street's true blue monster, Grover, by Paul Solman. Continue watching
Jun 13 Self-Controlled Kids Prosper as Adults: ‘Fatalistically Depressing’? By April Brown A study found that self-control at age 3 predicts financial competence in adulthood. But does that finding make researchers fatalistically depressed or tremendously encouraged?… Continue reading
Jun 07 Watch Saving: Brought to You By the Letter ‘S’ Paul Solman heads to Sesame Street to see how they're teaching children how to save. Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch ‘Sesame Street’ Tells You How to Get to Sunnier Days Financially As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, business correspondent Paul Solman reports on how "Sesame Street" friends Elmo, Grover and Cookie Monster are teaching children smart ways to save and spend money -- and how… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Autism Now: Rima Ritholtz Extended Interview As part of our Autism Now series of reports, below is an extended transcript excerpt, edited for length, relevance and clarity, with Rima Ritholtz, principal of Bronx autism charter school PS 176, on the schooling and treatment options for those… Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch 2:35 ‘Where Children Sleep’: An Intimate Portrayal of How Children Live By Larisa Epatko In "Where Children Sleep", James Mollison photographs children around the world. Continue watching
Apr 19 Watch Autism Now: Dr. Irva Hertz-Piccotto Extended Interview As part of our Autism Now series of reports, below is an extended transcript excerpt, edited for length, relevance and clarity, with Irva Hertz-Piccotto, chief of the division of environmental health at U.C Davis and a faculty member at the… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch In Dominican Republic, Haitians Grapple With ‘Stateless’ Limbo Special correspondents Stephanie Hanes and Steve Sapienza report on the legal struggles of Haitians in the Dominican Republic, some of whom have lived there all their lives. This is the first in a series of reports in partnership with USA… Continue watching