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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The numbers tell a solemn story. American children play outside less now than at any other time in our nation’s history.
- Added: Feb 28, 2014
- Length: 02:42
Every parent can take some level of stress with children. But for each of us, there’s a tipping point at which our own resources for peace and per...
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:24
Parents can provide the model to our children that we only speak the truth to them. This involves their watching how we conduct our lives with hon...
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:30
I would like to think about the Second Agreement, “Don’t take anything personally,” as it applies to the lives of parents.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:39
When we make assumptions it’s because we believe we know what others are thinking and feeling. When it comes to our children, we blindly assume the...
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:29
“Always do your best.” Notice, the concept is not “Be perfect,” but is instead “Do your best.”
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 02:34
Every parent can take some level of stress with children. But for each of us, there’s a tipping point at which our own resources for peace and per...
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 02:24
Parents are often excited about their kids’ learning, but want to dictate the terms rather than following the lead of kids’ natural curiosity.
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 02:39
His sense of competence glowed in his mastery of the situation, and I couldn’t help hoping with him that his family will soon bring a dog into thei...
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 02:24
Ellen Galinsky is founder and president of the Families and Work Institute. In her book, Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every...
- Added: Jul 22, 2014
- Length: 02:56
I was thinking about this Ever-Blooming Hydrangea this week as I listened to a young educator’s observation about a four-year old she was observing...
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:30
If you haven’t been around a continuously crying baby lately, you might not realize how stressful it is. We adults are hard-wired to respond to th...
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:43
When it comes to teaching children to be unafraid of people with disabilities, earlier is better.
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:38
Memorial Day provides a healthy opportunity for children to be assured that people who’ve died are still part of our lives in both memories and the...
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:34
Welcome to the summer season with your kids. Even if they act like monkeys sometimes, here’s hoping these warm days bring some particular pleasure...
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:27
Kids don’t need easy childhoods to grow up happy. They need parents who love them and who teach them how to successfully face hardship. Kids deve...
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:25
Dads love their babies just like moms do. But they have a very different way of showing that love.
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:29
Closer than classmates, more sensational than siblings, cousins are a boon to growing up.
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:24
They’re calling it “Social Surrogacy,” this new practice of affluent parents delegating the tasks of pregnancy and childbirth to another person. S...
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:30
In the everyday lives of families, water becomes a significant part of the routine this time of year. Sweaty bodies need more baths. Kids out of ...
- Added: Jul 23, 2014
- Length: 02:23
