Kids
In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns
The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than any other country and a majority of these women are mothers.
6 years ago
Study: Teen depression rates soared in recent years
Rates of major depression are up 63 percent among teens, and are up nearly 50 percent among young adults.
6 years ago
New work for Philly youth orchestra allows every musician to shine
Philadelphia youth orchestra Musicopia will premiere a new composition written just for them.
6 years ago
With ‘Kiddynomics,’ an attempt to teach youngest learners how to manage money
The Federal Reserve Bank has developed a curriculum to teach children as young as 3 and 4 the basics of financial literacy.
6 years ago
Listen 2:07Making movies animates long-term Children’s Hospital patients
Drexel University students are teaming up with young patients at CHOP to create animated films.
6 years ago
Listen 2:02Director Jason Reitman on ‘Tully’
Air Date: April 30, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:45Disabled students can now check ‘diploma’ box on job applications
Delaware's alternate diploma will give students a major boost when it comes to job prospects in grocery stores, clerical work and so much more, advocates say.
6 years ago
Activists rally for changes to Pa. child custody laws
The efforts of the group, known as the National Parents Organization, have inspired fierce opposition from domestic violence organizations.
6 years ago
Can we teach character strengths to kids?
Air Date: April 23, 2018
Listen 03:49When teens cyberbully themselves
They're anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.
6 years ago
Delaware students talk school shootings with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons
While hundreds of students walked out of their classrooms to protest gun violence today, about 400 students talked about their concerns with Delaware U.S. Sen. Chris Coons.
6 years ago
After lawmaker gives birth, Senate poised to allow infants in for votes
The measure would allow moms and dads to bring an infant along to votes until the child reaches one year.
6 years ago
$1 million federal grant will help study of transgender kids
The first large-scale, national study of transgender children, including some as young as 3, is poised to expand.
6 years ago
When it comes to redesigning a rec center, the real experts are the kids on the courts
On his first day of work at Cobbs Creek Recreation Center, Quan King stepped through a metal doorway that led to a barren foyer.
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As rate of infants exposed to opioids rises, N.J. urging pregnant substance abusers to get help
Since 2008, the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome has doubled in the Garden State.
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