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For the remainder of the flight, that parent felt as if she had an ally. She knew someone really saw and valued her family.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:26
We seem to carry our fathers’ opinions of us throughout our lives.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:36
The baby of the family has a different sort of existence from the very beginning.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:44
Parents despair over their children’s disappointing behavior
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:33
It’s one of those enigmas of child-rearing: In order to flourish, children need a complex mix of events that are both normal and novel.
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 02:23
Recent reports about women choosing not to bear children has brought the “Childfree Choice” into the spotlight.
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 02:20
Parents long to know what’s on their kids’ minds
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 02:11
There were never two parents raising the same child anywhere who ever agreed entirely about how to do it.
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 02:28
It’s easy to form judgments about what parents should or shouldn’t do in these circumstances, and to puff up with pride that we would surely handle...
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 02:22
Amazingly, a wide variety of parenting styles produce healthy adults.
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 02:16
Children sometimes turn out very differently from their parents.
- Added: Oct 25, 2013
- Length: 02:33
From TV to the internet, to brand logos in the classroom and on clothing, advertisers target our children no matter where they are. Join Food Sle...
- Added: Sep 26, 2013
- Length: 28:00
A family of five I know has had a heck of a year. They’ve lost a grandfather, suffered the loss of a job, and now struggle with the serious illnes...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:14
“Don’t sweat this deadline,” commented the longsuffering contractor. “It’s not a matter of life and death.”
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:30
If there’s one thing I know about parents of toddlers, it’s this: They would give their signed Michael Jordan basketball if their child would pee ...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:25
Recently I attended a fifth grade “graduation” ceremony. Stuffed like sardines into the hot multi-purpose room typical of public schools, proud pa...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:26
Among my favorite memories is a lovely evening in late May of 1984. Just home from the hospital, I sat outside with my newborn son, listening whil...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:19
A recent summer storm provided an object lesson for a family I know.
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:21
Every parent worries about making mistakes in raising children.
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:26
As summer winds down, parents see the start of another school year lurking around the corner. Summer freedom has been a blast, but academic expecta...
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:13
With summer in full swing — and kids all over the country enjoying a blissful respite from school — BackStory is taking on the history of childhood...
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- Added: Aug 02, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 5
Childhood vaccination programs have been met with skepticism and hostility in the U.S. Some oppose them on religious grounds, while others worry ab...
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 02:05
How do we raise children to be “eco-literate” and why does it matter? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for...
- Added: Apr 07, 2013
- Length: 28:00
According to the Institute of Medicine, food and beverage marketing contributes to the childhood obesity epidemic. But did you realize that our chi...
- Added: Feb 17, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Faith Boninger, Ph.D., National Education Policy Center, discusses the full cost of commercialization of public education and food and beverage mar...
- Added: Apr 15, 2012
- Length: 28:00
