Exploring kid-friendly apps that parents like too

May. 5, 2011
The type of smart phone or tablet a person sports doesn't matter: It’s the app that dictates the fun and functionality of a mobile device. For many parents, the array of kid-friendly apps might prove just the ticket for engaging a bored or teary child.

Young New Yorkers living in Chicago reflect on bin Laden's death

May. 5, 2011
On Thursday, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at Ground Zero, to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Less than a week after the death of Osama bin Laden, many consider this a moment of closure. We’ve heard from pundits, politicians and everyday citizens.

Protecting schools from terrorism

Mar. 29, 2011
Bede Sheppard is a senior researcher for Asia in the Children’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. He specializes in attacks on schools and teachers; the occupation of schools by security forces; and child domestic workers.

Writer Karen Brenner disconnects to reconnect

Jan. 18, 2011
There are times when a little bit of disconnect can actually bring you closer to what really matters.

Program gets kids in the kitchen for some healthy eating

Jan. 4, 2011
The last bell signals the end of the school day, but for some Chicago elementary students, the day starts again…but this time in the kitchen. A non-profit has been teaching low-income kids how to cook healthy, affordable meals. The aim is to prevent

A comedic take on parenthood’s tough questions

Dec. 17, 2010
Azhar Usman jokes that he looks like “that guy from LOST. Not the Indian one, the fat one!” The Chicago comedian uses humor to poke fun at racial stereotypes, referencing his own life as the child of Muslim immigrants growing up in the then mostly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.

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