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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
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
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
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Moms and dads capture the history of their children’s lives with photographs.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Claudia Quigg
All sorts of magical things occur when parent and child curl up together with a good book.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
Caption: Claudia Quigg
By now many of us have already made New Year’s Resolutions.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:24