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 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
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
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
From our first breath, we seek connection.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:38
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
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
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
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
- Length: 02:32
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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
A new baby monitor has more bells and whistles than ever before. This monitor maintains information on everything about a baby:
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 02:20
Six-month-old granddaughter Emmy has alot to say, but most people around her would never know it.
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:19
Human beings operate most confidently when we know the limits. Suffering from a fear of heights, I can only enjoy a mountainous scenic overlook whe...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:15
While I adore family trips and the love that they rekindle among parents and their kids, there is also a time for a trip for mom and dad. Alone. ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:13
The stereo blares “76 Trombones” as the marchers step in line. Is it the annual Independence Day Parade? Nope. It’s your own family marching dow...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:23
When Sarah glanced in the backseat from her car’s rearview mirror, she saw a sight that amazed her. Her two preschool-aged children, so often enga...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:33
In our youth, our knees don’t creak. Our sleep is largely undisturbed. Our energy is boundless. And most importantly, a universe of possibility awa...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:27
Keep Calm and Carry On was penned on a propaganda poster produced in England during the beginning of World War II. These words were intended to en...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 02:14
