Sequester cuts impacting child programs
We're feeling the impact of federal spending cuts here in western Massachusetts, especially families who need child care. Full story
Tougher checks on sex offenders needed
A state lawmaker is calling for action after an investigation revealed sex offenders lived at or near child daycare centers. Full story
Men & Women Alike Struggle With Work-Life Balance
Despite magazine covers by the dozens focusing on women's struggle to balance work and family, men are nearly as frazzled by the same challenge, a new Pew Research report finds. Full story
Prepping kids for school: Solution in poorest state?
In the poorest state in the country, Mississippi Building Blocks has helped transform a wildly uneven and scattered network of some 1,685 early childhood centers. Full story
‘Victim 1’ sues Penn State
A young man known as “Victim 1” and who testified against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky is suing the university claiming it cared more for its reputation than it did about child safety. NBC’s Lester Holt reports.
The village vs. the family
There are, broadly speaking, two conceptual frameworks for how we approach child-rearing, politically speaking: The “village,” as popularized by Hillary Clinton’s 1996 book on parenting, and the “family,” as conceived by cultural conservatives such as Rick Santorum. As part of our show on motherhood
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