Kids And Parenting

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Are kids in danger when wildfire smoke hits, even on 'moderate' days?

The Puget Sound area has seen good, moderate, and dangerous air quality in the last few weeks due to wildfire smoke. Last weekend was especially bad, but many people hit the streets and parks anyway.
John O'Brien

August 25, 2023 / 6:36 pm
Why Dolly Parton is bringing children's books to Washington state

Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" Tuesday was a stop at Tacoma's Pantages Theater, where she celebrated the statewide expansion of her Imagination Library program.
Sami West

August 16, 2023 / 10:43 am
'Challenge and opportunity,' Washington officials get first-hand view of youth homelessness

Washington Senator Patty Murray says she’ll introduce a bill this fall to create new grant programs for homeless shelters that serve teens and young adults. Housing advocates in Seattle say the money is needed to prevent service cuts.
Casey Martin

August 10, 2023 / 12:00 am
Don't forget to enroll your kid in kindergarten like I did
Isolde Raftery

July 10, 2023 / 10:47 am
Teens are using 3D printers to make guns in Seattle area

In February, a SeaTac mother called police after she found a firearm in her 13-year-old son’s bed.
Ashley Hiruko

June 07, 2023 / 4:58 pm
How do you protect kids online... from their own parents?

Tiktok, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram - there are lots of platforms where posting your kids can be a full-time job. And with pays for views and brand deals, a pretty lucrative one. A renewed push in Olympia would protect children against parents who reveal their private lives and growing pains on social media.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz

January 31, 2023 / 2:02 pm
Does social media actually harm teens?

The rates of suicide, anxiety and depression among young people have been on the rise since the 80s. Seattle Public Schools thinks social media is to blame… at least, in part. They and Kent school district are suing major tech companies over the role they may play in worsening mental health of youth who use their services. Today we're asking: What does science tell us about the connection between mental health ans cthe science behind social media and mental health… and we couldn’t have found a better person to ask than Lucia (loo-SEE-ah) Magis (MAY-jis) Wineberg (WINE-berg). She’s an Assistant Professor of psychology at the University of Washington AND she leads the International Adolescent Connection and Technology lab
Paige Browning

Clare McGrane

January 19, 2023 / 5:03 am
In the face of harassment, Sylvia O'Stayformore reads on

Drag Queen story hours have been targeted across the country, including in Renton last month.
Libby Denkmann

Hans Anderson

January 18, 2023 / 5:10 pm
Seattle, Kent schools' lawsuits against social media giants have a 'scientific basis,' expert says

Seattle Public Schools and the Kent School District are suing social media companies for the role their platforms have played in a youth mental health crisis. KUOW spoke to a behavioral health expert who says the scientific basis of the complaints is sound.
Katie Campbell

Paige Browning

Angela King

January 12, 2023 / 12:22 pm
Why is a convicted sex offender with false credentials running a King County-funded youth program?

As Saleem Robinson tells it, he used to run the streets of Chicago. Now he runs a nonprofit in Seattle for vulnerable young people.
Ann Dornfeld

October 02, 2022 / 6:23 pm

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