Kids
Pre-K expansion in Philadelphia celebrates second anniversary
With court battles over the city's sweetened beverage tax in the rearview mirror, Mayor Jim Kenney celebrates two years of expanded pre-K — and plans for further growth.
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At all-inclusive ballet classes, ‘special things happen’ for children and parents
It took five years to find a ballet academy open to children of all abilities. Finally, at Pennsylvania Ballet Academy in Camp Hill the bALLet class was born.
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Enduring lessons from Arden’s ‘Charlotte’s Web’
After I read E. B. White’s children’s classic Charlotte’s Web when I was in third grade, I adamantly decided that I would be a vegetarian.
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How to help kids overcome their fear of doctors and shots
Children who withdraw from frightening situations or environments may be more likely to struggle with social anxiety, later in life, psychologists find.
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More health exams instituted for migrant children at border
More thorough health screenings, as well as secondary screenings, will be held for every child in Border Patrol custody following the deaths of two Guatemalan children.
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School shooter’s case to test life sentence for juveniles
A South Carolina school shooting will soon become a test case for court rulings that restrict life-without-parole sentences for juveniles.
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Embracing children’s online lives
Air Date: December 31, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:58After other options fail, a family tries medical marijuana for son with autism
Rhode Island is one of a small but growing number of states that allow medical marijuana for treating severe forms of autism.
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Critics of youth solitary confinement want Pennsylvania to limit its use
Congress has enshrined in law an Obama-era executive order banning youth solitary confinement in federal prisons. The reform was one of many included in the First Step Act.
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From rapper to fashion designer, Philly 12-year-old builds brand using Instagram
Trey Brown and his family are trying to decide whether he should pursue entrepreneurship full time or be a normal kid.
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Study raises questions about oversight of facilities that house foster youth in Pa.
Foster children who live in residential facilities in Pa. suffered physical and verbal abuse in hundreds of documented cases between 2010 and 2018, according to a new report.
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Teen’s asthma frames town’s struggle with dirty air
Though it’s cleaner than in the 1970s, the plant is still one of the biggest sources of air pollution in all of Western Pennsylvania.
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Philly goes to school: Lessons in inclusive, universal pre-K
What Philadelphia can learn in crafting a pre-K program to close the achievement gap for kids from economically disadvantaged communities.
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Sharing in the good fortune of St. Katharine Drexel
Gratitude to the Philadelphia philanthropist lasts a lifetime.
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Air Date: December 3, 2018 10:00 am
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