Kids
Parenting in the age of screens: Here’s what the experts do
Parents today struggle to set screen time guidelines. One big reason is a lack of role models.
8 years ago
Art Museum summer program caters to young Modernists
The Philadelphia Museum of Art's summertime Art Splash program takes cues from urban Modernism.
8 years ago
Listen 1:53‘My Loopy’ robot ‘comes to Earth’ to teach children how to write computer code
With its artificial intelligence, My Loopy has seven toy-grade sensors that respond to touch, light, sound, proximity, temperature, and motions to learn from its user.
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Guests: Tamir Harper, Shania Bennett, Anthony Rivera TAMIR HARP ...
Air Date: July 6, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:55Clergy argue against quick release of child sex abuse report
Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro argued the report should not be delayed, calling it a matter of exceptional public interest.
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Delaware toddler drowns in family pool
A 4-year-old boy drowned in Claymont Wednesday night. It was one of two pool-related incidents reported on the Fourth of July holiday.
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America’s youngest citizens reflect on patriotism at Philly naturalization ceremony
“It’s just respecting your country, even if you don’t agree with everything that is going on or everything that is said," said Kayla Davis of West Philly.
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Listen 2:48Pa. measure on child abuse attracts attacks amid legislative uncertainty
A proposal to retroactively extend the statute of limitations in child abuse cases in Pa. is getting renewed blowback from national Catholic organizations.
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As immigration debate boils, Philly nonprofit sends books to detention center
With the help of a $3,000 grant, Mighty Writers is giving more than a hundred books to migrant children at the Berks County Residential Center.
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Listen 2:12Philly offers affordable housing to help parents regain custody of kids in foster care
In Philadelphia, not having a safe, stable place to live prevents parents whose children have been placed in foster care from regaining custody 40 percent of the time.
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Fearing deportation, some immigrants opt out of health benefits for their kids
"They are asking a lot of questions," she says. "They are investigating one's life from head to toe."
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What makes something truly addictive?
A new "gaming disorder" classification from the WHO revives a debate about whether behaviors can cause the same kind of addictive illness as drugs.
8 years ago
Lead poisoning home inspectors aren’t getting paid and some fear children are at risk
Though funding for lead testing has gone away, the problem hasn't.
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Listen 5:00Hundreds of protesters picket Pence at Philly fundraiser, decry family separations
Hundreds of demonstrators assail vice president over policy of splitting up undocumented families at border.
8 years ago
Shh! This is a… jungle gym? Philly libraries remade for play
Three Philadelphia libraries now have "play-and-learn space," designed to bust up the old notion that libraries are quiet places.
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![file[1] The new play space inside Whitman library in South Philadelphia. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)](https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/file1-e1529355677574-360x280.jpeg)