Mar 06 Facebook chat: How to raise a lifelong reader By Nora Daly PBS NewsHour recently held a Facebook chat on the benefits of reading aloud with Pam Allyn, founding director of LitWorld, Dr. Perri Klass, national medical director of the nonprofit Reach Out and Read, and Maggie McGuire, vice president of Scholastic’s… Continue reading
Mar 04 Quick! What the heck is Purim? By Wendy Thomas Russell I always think of the Bible as sort of dry reading — difficult to understand, weighted down by archaic language and vague descriptions, full of stories that just kind of go on and on. But, of course, that’s not always… Continue reading
Feb 05 What can $1 billion do to prevent childhood obesity? By Sarah McHaney The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committing $500 million to spend over the next ten years on programs stopping childhood obesity. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch In rural West Virginia, schools help grandparents who are parenting for the second time By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 ‘Baby-talk’ might not be easy to understand for kids, study finds By Anna Sillers Parents may be using “baby-talk” when speaking to infants with the goal of making it easier for babies to understand, but a new Japanese study shows this may have the opposite effect. Continue reading
Jan 13 Here’s another reason to worry about your baby’s nap schedule By Anna Sillers A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that babies who took an extended nap after learning new behaviors are able to retain new skills better than babies who did not sleep. Continue reading
Jan 13 The case for having just one kid By Wendy Thomas Russell For the first five years of my daughter’s life, I was frequently told that I should consider having more children. I was still in my early 30s, after all, and had no fertility issues holding me back. “Don’t you at… Continue reading
Dec 19 How do interfaith families navigate the holidays? By Laura Santhanam More than one-quarter of married people in the United States lived in households that were religiously mixed. During the holidays, these interfaith families often either practice religious traditions according to their heritage or adopt more secular holiday observances. Continue reading
Dec 15 Why you should lie to your kids about Santa By Wendy Thomas Russell When I became a parent nine years ago, I made this deal with myself: No matter how uncomfortable it might be at times, I would always tell my child the truth. Way too often, it seemed to me, parents risk… Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 5:35 Profane picture books make fun out of a parent’s pains By PBS News Hour Picture books are usually kid-oriented, but two expletive-laden tales, written like traditional bedtime stories, are parents-only hits. “You Have To F**king Eat” and “Go The F**k To Sleep” have become best-sellers, with audiobooks voiced by Samuel L. Jackson and Bryan… Continue watching