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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"We've done it all wrong!" moaned the mother. "We've mishandled bedtime, and now we've taught our son the wrong way to go to sleep. Will he ever le...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 02:15
There’s one resource every parent needs: a close friend or family member to stand beside them in the trenches.
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:18
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
Each morning my little dog and I venture out in our neighborhood for a brisk walk. She employs her excellent nose to read messages from other dogs...
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 02:26
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
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
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
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
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
