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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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Kids

St. Mary's Nursery School director Traci Childress, in full hazmat gear, watches teacher Genevieve Abaara as she drops off her son. (Courtesy of the Notebook)
Education
The Notebook

Child care industry says new Pa. reimbursement rules will be devastating

Due to the pandemic, the industry is facing higher costs and lower enrollment.

6 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Community

Missing cousins found safe, reunited with family in Nicetown

Police say the young children, who went missing Tuesday afternoon, were located and unharmed.

6 years ago

Medical staff in Mumbai, India, last week. A U.N. report warns that the coronavirus pandemic is interfering with children getting vaccinated. (Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

U.N. points to ‘alarming decline’ in child vaccinations

It warned of the first drop in 28 years for vaccinations against diptheria, tetanus and pertussis based on preliminary data from the first four months of 2020.

6 years ago

Kimrenee Patterson works on a puzzle, with Peyton, 2, at Patterson’s daycare in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Pa. mask mandate for kids at child care has good intentions. Can it be followed?

Youngsters 2 and over must wear masks, but child care providers worry it will hinder language development, monitoring for allergic reactions, and more.

6 years ago

Listen 1:49
Spending quality time with kids and listening deeply to them is one way to help them tame anxiety. Here Mariano Noesi and Maryam Jernigan-Noesi play with their 4-year-old son Carter. Jernigan-Noesi is a child psychologist. (Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR)
NPR
Health

Kids feel pandemic stress too. Here’s how to help them thrive

For children, the distress shows itself in difficult moods, stomachaches or even regression to behaviors from earlier childhood.

6 years ago

Philadelphia sprayground summer camps
PlanPhilly
Community

Spraygrounds a relatively safe way to cool off, experts say

As Philadelphia reopens its park spraygrounds, experts say they’re a relatively safe way for kids to play and stay cool during the summer heat.

6 years ago

Mark Major, director of ISTC. In previous years of the camps’ operations. ISTC decided not to open in 2020 because even though Major said the COVID-19 restrictions were technically doable, the experience wouldn’t have lived up to previous years. (Provided by ISTC).
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pocono summer camps hit hard by COVID-19 and visa restrictions

Two key factors contributed to summer camp closures this year: COVID-19 and visa restrictions that barred the international workforce the industry relies upon heavily.

6 years ago

A life-sized dinosaur family wearing masks bursts from the walls of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the largest children's museum in the world.
NPR
Community

So much for ‘please touch,’ after COVID-19, kids’ museums will be less hands-on

With their emphasis on interactive exhibits, children’s museums must balance safety and survival in their decisions to reopen. Several have already permanently closed.

6 years ago

Laura Hoover's children, Nathan, Austin and Wyatt
Community

What’s fun and safe for kids this summer? Some tips for parents

They’ve had enough of being cooped and homeschooled. Here’s how to balance the joy of (socially distant) playtime with common-sense precautions.

6 years ago

Listen 2:03
Fishers cast their lines from one of Stacy Levy's
PlanPhilly
Community

Two West Philly teens drowned in the Schuylkill. No signs told them why they shouldn’t swim there.

Philadelphia officials promise to install more fences and signs after demands from community leaders.

6 years ago

SEPTA Rt. 48 bus
Community

SEPTA committee recommends kids ride for free in new fare proposal

The committee made the suggestion before the board votes on the new fare proposal on June 25. If approved, the new fare plan goes into effect July 1.

6 years ago

Still from the Bucks County DA press conference
Courts & Law

Bucks County DA charges three men in separate child sex abuse cases

Though the cases are unrelated, the District Attorney’s Office believes more boys may have been victimized, based on evidence found by investigators.

6 years ago

Blair La May Masiello and her husband Michael Masiello with their kids. Courtesy of Blair La May Masiello)
Community

How to start, or widen, the conversation about race with your kids

These talks are an everyday fact of life in some homes, but are new to others. Here is some advice on how to approach them, starting with young children.

6 years ago

Listen 2:53
Ibra
Community

My 8-year-old son knows racism is wrong. He deserves a world without it.

Black children are waiting for Americans to decide that their lives matter, too, writes Aminita Sy, a West Philadelphia parent.

6 years ago

Two nurses in the pediatric intensive care unit at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., communicate via walkie-talkie, as one helps on floor with COVID-19 patients and her colleague stands by to assist.
NPR
Health

Doctors race for answers as kids fight rare inflammatory syndrome tied to coronavirus

While early research suggests the condition is rare, experts are still racing to answer even the most basic questions about the illness.

6 years ago

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