Kids
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.
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Listen 7:42Philly 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.
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Listen 5:19Audit: 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.
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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Carney pledges more money for Delaware’s early education Stars
Details expected next week during governor's fiscal 2019 budget address.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Listen 4:54N.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.
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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.
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Christmas reminds us that every child is precious. That every child has potential. That every child can be something more than what we see.
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Listen 2:51Pa. 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.
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Parents are a lot like actors, athletes and politicians in that, at some point in our career, we begin to consider our legacy.
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