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Health

Is the ‘mother identity’ making some women miserable?

Victoria Elder loves her kid — and regrets becoming a mother. She and others are challenging the belief that parenthood is for everyone.

9 years ago

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Philadelphia children's book author Christine Kendall wrote
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Community

Philly author’s first novel featured at nation’s oldest African-American children’s book fair

The 26th Annual African-American Children’s Book Fair is set to host more than 3,500 readers at the Community College of Philadelphia Saturday.

9 years ago

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Buses from Chester Upland School District await dismissal from Chester High School on West Ninth Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Audit: Many Pa. school bus drivers aren’t meeting basic qualifications

A statewide audit has found a number of school districts across Pennsylvania have employed bus drivers that should be banned, and still more that that aren't properly cleared.

9 years ago

The recess yard at Kipp Cooper Norcross Academy in Camden. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey lawmaker wants to mandate recess through fifth grade

Recess is good for kids, said Marybeth Beichert with the New Jersey Education Association during a hearing on the measure.

9 years ago

Eight-year-old Adele at Silver Stars in Maryland.
NPR
Community

‘It’s up to all of us’: Parents of young gymnasts respond to Nassar abuse scandal

On a busy weeknight at Silver Stars Gymnastics in Silver Spring, Md., toddlers tumble across the mats and older gymnasts run drills.

9 years ago

Larry Nassar is escorted into court in Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday, where he was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison. (Carlos Osorio/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison by Michigan judge

"I just signed your death warrant," Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said, in her Lansing, Mich., courtroom.

9 years ago

Proponents of quality early education centers say they can help reduce Delaware's achievement gap between poor students and those of means. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Carney pledges more money for Delaware’s early education Stars

Details expected next week during governor's fiscal 2019 budget address.

9 years ago

These are some of the books from the study. (From left) The Cat That Eats Letters by Ge Jing; The Foolish Old Man Who Removed The Mountain by Cai Feng; The Jar of Happiness by Aisla Burrows. (Shandong Education Press; Shanghai people's Fine Arts Publishing House; Child's Play International)
NPR
Lifestyle

What’s the difference between children’s books in China and the U.S.?

What are the hidden messages in the storybooks we read to our kids?

9 years ago

Parent Eva Sanchez talks about her strategies for getting her kids up and out to school every morning. Sanchez is a participant in the #AttendanceHero social media campaign to improve attendance at Philadelphia schools.
Education

Philly schools looking for an #AttendanceHero

The School District of Philadelphia wants to know how you get your kids up and out in the morning.

9 years ago

Ahmad Harrington (left) stands beside his father, James.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Philly program steps up efforts with families, schools to address early psychosis in kids

Psychosis is a set of experiences that relate to finding reality confusing or unclear. Not all people who experience it have schizophrenia.

9 years ago

Listen 4:54
Phil Murphy speaks to supporters at the Asbury Park Convention Hall
Politics & Policy

N.J. Gov.-elect Murphy names Human Services, Children and Families officials

N.J. Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy says he's nominating a former Obama administration health adviser and a long-time child welfare advocate to lead two state agencies.

9 years ago

A mother holds her son in her apartment, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. The baby was born in 2016, and it took a month for doctors to wean him off the heroin his mother exposed him to. He is in foster care now and his mother is fighting to get him back. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
Community

Opioid epidemic helped fuel spike in kids living in foster care, study says

Nearly a quarter of the children living in foster care nationally were removed from their homes because of parental drug use. The rate is worse in Pennsylvania.

9 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Christmas began with a child

Christmas reminds us that every child is precious. That every child has potential. That every child can be something more than what we see.

9 years ago

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Pennsylvania’s interim Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller says she fears that the CHIP program will not be reauthorized. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Health

Pa. officials scramble to plan for possible CHIP shutdown

CHIP insures more than 180,000 kids across Pennsylvania, and it costs nearly a half-billion dollars to run. Federal money pays for almost 90 percent of that.

9 years ago

Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

A dad ponders his legacy

Parents are a lot like actors, athletes and politicians in that, at some point in our career, we begin to consider our legacy.

9 years ago

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