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Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

Parents, you’ve got this! Talking to your kids about appropriate Halloween costumes

If you’re a Gen X parent like me and grew up in the 70s or 80s, you likely remember the three ways that you got your Halloween costume when you were growing up:

8 years ago

Girls can now chose between the Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Lifestyle

With Boy Scouts opening up, Girl Scouts facing a crossroads

With the Boy Scouts now accepting girls, will the Girl Scouts go the way of all-women's colleges? Or will they take a different trajectory?

8 years ago

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Two students walk towards the camera in an otherwise empty school hallway, blue lockers, yellow walls
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Education

Mass exodus of students is costing Delaware school district and taxpayers

Nearly 9,000 Christina district students don't attend district schools. That's 38 percent of students- far more than any other school district in Delaware.

8 years ago

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Temple occupational therapy students work to design a new wheelchair tray for Eddie
Science

Designing cardboard hacks to modify wheelchairs

Temple University students create inexpensive adaptive designs for children with cerebral palsy.

8 years ago

McCullough Middle School Teacher Karen Keys unveils the new IMAX-like planetarium, which replaces one mothballed a decade ago.
Education

Planetarium returns, wows students at Delaware middle school

After being dormant for a decade a Planetarium returns to a school, to rave reviews.

8 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Delaware arts calendar: The art of Denise Dumont, Rubix Kube and more to see and do in Delaware this week

From concerts and movies, to special events for the whole family, there is always something to see and do in Delaware. Here are some of our picks.

8 years ago

Holly Glen Elementary
Education

'These are not new issues:' N.J. parents voice frustration over district's handling of mold contamination

After mold was found in one elementary school, others have been closed for air-quality testing in the Gloucester County district.

8 years ago

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Joe Biden
Community

Biden foundation partners with Doylestown Health to help prevent sex abuse of kids

Former Vice President Joe Biden visits Warminster to announce efforts of son's foundation to train medical professionals in better recognizing signs of molestation.

8 years ago

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds up a copy of President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget. His $4.1 trillion plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally proposes deep cuts in safety net programs, including Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Dysfunctional Republicans CHIP away at kids’ health care

Amidst his latest tweets, how many times has Trump worked his thumbs into a rage about the cancellation of the federal health insurance program that covers nine million kids?

8 years ago

Mastery Cramer Hill Elementary school students Marvell Rivera and Jadhiel Tineo wave flags at the school dedication in Camden Tuesday morning. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

In Camden, a timeless time capsule celebrates new charter school

Mastery Schools of Camden dedicated a gleaming new building Tuesday. But a small chrome cylinder stole the show.

8 years ago

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Community

First Person: Louise Ballard

The wife of fallen Delaware state police trooper Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard is honoring the memory of her husband with a reading program.

8 years ago

A little girl plays basketball in the gym during an afterschool program at Olney Rec Center
Community

Goal of youth sports task force: Offer ‘good wholesome activities’ for all Philly kids

Philadelphia is developing a plan to ensure youth sports reach every neighborhood in the city by empowering a task force to help make it a reality.

9 years ago

Education

3 Delaware elementary schools National Blue Ribbon winners

Three Delaware elementary schools -- two in Sussex County and one in New Castle county -- are among the 342 across America named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2017.

9 years ago

The cover of local author Becky Birtha's book evokes prison bars because it focuses on kids coping when their parents are incarcerated. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Book explores how kids cope with parents in prison

Nearly 3 million children in the U.S. have a parent in jail or prison. Local author Becky Birtha is hoping her children's book, "Far Apart, Close in Heart," will help them.

9 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Is opera relevant to our IGen kids?

I know it doesn’t happen for every parent, so having a child who shares my passion for theater, music, books and arts and culture in general feels really good.

9 years ago

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