Frontline investigative producer and correspondent Daffodil Altan joins us to talk about what happens to migrant children once they’re in federal custody.
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Anything You Ever Wanted To Know About Death
Mortician Caitlin Doughty joins us to tackle the interesting and icky questions posed by children about a still-taboo subject.
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You Can’t Escape Your Childhood Online
Kate Eichhorn of The New School joins us to talk about how younger generations can never escape their online personas.
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Why Kids Draw – And Why They Stop
Arts educator Marilyn JS Goodman joins us to talk about how drawing evolves as kids develop mentally and physically, which she writes about in “Children Draw: A Guide to Why, When and How Children Make Art.”
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Citizen Students: Rights In Schools
Professor Justin Driver joins us to talk about how corporal punishment, random drug testing and backpack searches are all administered without legal authority.
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How White Kids Learn About Race
Mississippi State sociologist Margaret Hagerman joins us to talk about how white children learn about race.
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It’s Not Your Homework: Advice For Parents
Parenting expert KJ Dell’Antonia joins us to talk about some of the most common stresses parents face – and how to ease them.
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Rethinking Gender Identity
Robin Marantz Henig joins us to talk about how scientists are adopting a more fluid understanding of gender and rethinking identity in the process.
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How To Help Children Cope With Violence
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate initiative, we’ll talk about how we can help young people process the many issues that contribute to these violent acts with a panel of child psychologists.
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How Screens Are Hijacking Kids
This hour, we’ll talk about how screen time can lead to ADHD, anxiety, depression and other disorders with Nicholas Kardaras. His new book is called “Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking Our Kids – and How to Break the Trance” (St. Martin’s Press).
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New Insight Into Bullying
This hour, we’ll talk about a pair of new studies that analyze bullying with UT-Dallas criminology professor Nadine Connell, who conducted the studies.
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Teach The Children Well
This hour, as part of KERA’s American Graduate series, we’ll talk about how at least trying to see the world through children’s eyes can inform the way we teach them with Erika Christakis. Her new book is called “The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups.”
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