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Series

Caption: Claudia Quigg
112 Pieces

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.

Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
24 Pieces

Quiddity is a highly produced literary radio program with a companion international (print) literary journal. Quiddity is produced and published by Illinois Public Radio’s hub-station, NPR member and PRI affiliate WUIS, and Benedictine University. The journal publishes exemplary prose and poetry from emerging and established writers around the world. The radio program features interviews with select authors, best-selling and burgeoning. It also includes readings of new, original works by poets and writers.


Latest Pieces

Caption: Claudia Quigg
Kids really do know best sometimes.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Claudia Quigg
I’ve recently observed many parents frantically trying one punishment after another as they react to the ornery antics of their little ones. Child...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:55
Caption: Claudia Quigg
This young couple left their doctor’s office with a confirmation of their suspicions that they are to become parents. And suddenly, they know that...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Somewhere between the super bowl and baseball’s opening day, it happens every year. Here we are, right in the thick of flu season.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:26
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Instead of recognizing that both children are doing just fine, they’ve fallen into the trap of comparing their children.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
We seem to carry our fathers’ opinions of us throughout our lives.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
Caption: Claudia Quigg
The baby of the family has a different sort of existence from the very beginning.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:44
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Parents despair over their children’s disappointing behavior

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:33