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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Moms and dads capture the history of their children’s lives with photographs.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:35
By now many of us have already made New Year’s Resolutions.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:24
All sorts of magical things occur when parent and child curl up together with a good book.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:27
Many parents feel sorry for their children when they face challenges and treat them as “vulnerable children” for years to come, compounding their d...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:24
We feed them healthy food, teach them discipline, and support them in their academic learning. But sometimes, we busy parents forget one crucial t...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:25
Parenting has never been and will never be a one-size-fits-all proposition.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:27
Conscientious parents prepare all the time. They plan ahead to make the path smooth to ensure their kids’ success.
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 02:28
A child learning to separate from his parents at daycare or preschool will awaken from a dream in which he’s abandoned.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:14
Maria Trozzi’s book Talking with Children about Loss describes how children understand death at different ages.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:41
But for toddlers, the tipping point is always just within reach.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:36
During the vulnerable seasons of our lives—early childhood, illness and old age—we depend on the help of caregivers.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:29
His greatest desire is to beat his dad, and most of the time he succeeds.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:17
Thank goodness for the protective urge that compels parents to keep their children safe. None of us would reach adulthood without those loving arm...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:20
Sometimes the very behavior that drives parents to distraction is actually a sign that their child’s development is clicking along exactly as it sh...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Those first challenges are tough for parents.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:16
Good dads know that life is too precious to waste on mediocre efforts.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 04:42
They know the differences between males and females, but haven’t yet learned that those roles are permanently assigned.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:24
As she recovers from her serious injuries and resulting surgeries, she counts herself blessed. Losing two legs seems no price at all to have paid ...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:12
Children who learn laughter as a lifetime habit learn it from their parents.
- Added: Oct 29, 2013
- Length: 02:41
Kids really do know best sometimes.
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 02:24
