Let's Talk Kids
Series produced by NPR Illinois
Claudia Quigg
In less than four short minutes, Claudia Quigg gives parents a healthy dose of encouragement, as she thoughtfully examines the issues facing today’s families.
Let’s Talk Kids, a regular segment produced in the studios of WUIS, comes from child development specialist, Claudia Quigg. Claudia is the founder and Executive Director of Baby TALK, a non-profit organization designed to positively impact child development and nurture healthy parent/child relationships during the critical early years. She also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Millikin University and writes a column for the Decatur Herald & Review.
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A recent family gathering came on the heels of a large appliance purchase. During an evening of conversation and play, The Box which had contained ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:11
Time drags for kids who don’t have awareness of the passing days. While seasons rush by in a blur for busy adults, young children may feel that wi...
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:11
A dad of three little boys recently blogged about his frustration with middle-aged people telling him he should “cherish this time” with his kids, ...
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- Added: May 06, 2013
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The human family provides a great laboratory for learning about what works—and what doesn’t—in relationships.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:25
A new baby monitor has more bells and whistles than ever before. This monitor maintains information on everything about a baby: the temperature i...
- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 02:20
A dad of three little boys recently blogged about his frustration with middle-aged people telling him he should “cherish this time” with his kids, ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:32
From our first breath, we seek connection.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:38
Ann Patchett's bestselling novel "State of Wonder" tells the story of medical researchers studying an Amazonian tribe in which woman routinely bear...
- Added: Feb 28, 2014
- Length: 02:43
The baby of the family has a different sort of existence from the very beginning.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:44
We seem to carry our fathers’ opinions of us throughout our lives.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:36
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
The goal of childhood is to prepare kids to live successfully in a world full of bumps and scrapes.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:31
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
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
“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
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
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
Preschool provides a safe venue for kids to learn some hard lessons about the world. Is your preschooler ready?
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 02:14
Every parent worries about making mistakes in raising children.
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:26
A recent summer storm provided an object lesson for a family I know.
- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 02:21
