TED Talks Kids and Family

TED Talks Kids and Family
Like a party-sized bag of jellybeans, TED Talks Kids and Family Podcast is full of colorful wisdom bombs, enjoyable for all, and not just for the toddler brigade. Whether you're a parent trapped in the puzzling world of preteens or a teen grappling with geometry homework, this podcast has got something for you. Engaging, enlightening, and occasionally hilarious, it's like a high-five for your brain. From science experiments that won't burn the house down to navigating the minefield of first friendships, TED's got you covered. This isn't just bedtime stories; it's fun-sized wisdom, expertly woven into real-life narratives. Tune in and explore dimensions of family and childhood hitherto unchartered on your GPS. Ratings: PG-10 (intellectual content may blow minds under 10).

Latest TED Talks Kids and Family Episodes

Unseen footage, untamed nature | Karen Bass

Wed, 09 May 2012 15:32:39 +0000
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The journey across the high wire | Philippe Petit

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:02:11 +0000
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Pop an ollie and innovate! | Rodney Mullen

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:02:54 +0000
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Tour the solar system from home | Jon Nguyen

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:04:45 +0000
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The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:01:26 +0000
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Science is for everyone, kids included | Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:13:19 +0000
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A child of the state | Lemn Sissay

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:00:52 +0000
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A cyber-magic card trick like no other | Marco Tempest

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:00:15 +0000
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Love letters to strangers | Hannah Brencher

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:01:58 +0000
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The secret of the bat genome | Emma Teeling

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:00:56 +0000
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How to "sketch" with electronics | Leah Buechley

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:00:35 +0000
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Why I love vultures | Munir Virani

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:02:15 +0000
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A broken body isn't a broken person | Janine Shepherd

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:00:46 +0000
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The dance of the dung beetle | Marcus Byrne

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:00:50 +0000
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Why bother leaving the house? | Ben Saunders

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:00:41 +0000
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A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time | Steven Addis

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:00:00 +0000
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How a boy became an artist | Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:04:28 +0000
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A father-daughter dance ... in prison | Angela Patton

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:59:11 +0000
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Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Cameron Russell

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:05:54 +0000
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Agile programming -- for your family | Bruce Feiler

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:00:03 +0000
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To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful | Shane Koyczan

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:01:43 +0000
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My invention that made peace with lions | Richard Turere

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:59:29 +0000
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A skateboard, with a boost | Sanjay Dastoor

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:06:45 +0000
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A mini robot -- powered by your phone | Keller Rinaudo Cliffton

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:00:15 +0000
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My journey to yo-yo mastery | BLACK

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:00:27 +0000
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My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors | Taylor Wilson

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:01:22 +0000
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Hack a banana, make a keyboard! | Jay Silver

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:06:19 +0000
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A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager | Jack Andraka

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:06:10 +0000
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How a penny made me feel like a millionaire | Tania Luna

Fri, 26 Jul 2013 15:00:40 +0000
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The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:02:39 +0000
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Massively multi-player… thumb-wrestling? | Jane McGonigal

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:03:37 +0000
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My glacier cave discoveries | Eddy Cartaya

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:58:01 +0000
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How I beat stage fright | Joe Kowan

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:37:08 +0000
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Want to be an activist? Start with your toys | McKenna Pope

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:03:07 +0000
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Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist ... | Maya Penn

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:02:46 +0000
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What we can learn from galaxies far, far away | Henry Lin

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:04:42 +0000
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What I learned from going blind in space | Chris Hadfield

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:01:35 +0000
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My daughter, Malala | Ziauddin Yousafzai

Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:49:02 +0000
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Hidden miracles of the natural world | Louie Schwartzberg

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:53:25 +0000
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For parents, happiness is a very high bar | Jennifer Senior

Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:59:16 +0000
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And for my next trick, a robot | Marco Tempest

Tue, 06 May 2014 15:00:10 +0000
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Two nerdy obsessions meet -- and it's magic | David Kwong

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:21:53 +0000
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Two poems about what dogs think (probably) | Billy Collins

Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:12:05 +0000
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Why lunch ladies are heroes | Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:07:56 +0000
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How our stories cross over | Colin Grant

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:11:37 +0000
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Why a good book is a secret door | Mac Barnett

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:00:03 +0000
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A magical search for a coincidence | Helder Guimarães

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:47:27 +0000
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Play this word game to come up with original ideas | Shimpei Takahashi

Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:57:22 +0000
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The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | Takaharu Tezuka

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:12:27 +0000
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How we unearthed the Spinosaurus | Nizar Ibrahim

Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:00:32 +0000
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How to raise a Black son in America | Clint Smith

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:00:55 +0000
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The surprisingly logical minds of babies | Laura Schulz

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:58:09 +0000
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How I teach kids to love science | Cesar Harada

Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:51:01 +0000
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The mysterious world of underwater caves | Jill Heinerth

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:08:50 +0000
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Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures | David Gruber

Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:29:35 +0000
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How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement | Magda Sayeg

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:04:52 +0000
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You have no idea where camels really come from | Latif Nasser

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:56:13 +0000
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Can you really tell if a kid is lying? | Kang Lee

Fri, 13 May 2016 14:29:18 +0000
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Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it | Emma Marris

Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:00:19 +0000
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Bring on the female superheroes! | Christopher Bell

Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:00:57 +0000
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How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | Julie Lythcott-Haims

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:08:37 +0000
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Easy DIY projects for kid engineers | Fawn Qiu

Thu, 10 Nov 2016 16:10:55 +0000
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How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city | Ryan Gravel

Thu, 01 Dec 2016 15:57:12 +0000
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What I learned from 100 days of rejection | Jia Jiang

Wed, 07 Dec 2016 16:30:43 +0000
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A young scientist's quest for clean water | Deepika Kurup

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:04:51 +0000
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What it's like to be a parent in a war zone | Aala El-Khani

Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:49:37 +0000
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Stories from a home for terminally ill children | Kathy Hull

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 15:54:00 +0000
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A plan to recycle the unrecyclable | Ashton Cofer

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:12:08 +0000
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How to design a library that makes kids want to read | Michael Bierut

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:40:30 +0000
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A summer school kids actually want to attend | Karim Abouelnaga

Fri, 05 May 2017 14:48:59 +0000
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Why school should start later for teens | Wendy Troxel

Thu, 18 May 2017 14:58:38 +0000
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The fascinating physics of everyday life | Helen Czerski

Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:23:22 +0000
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3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true | Sara DeWitt

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:50:22 +0000
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Electrical experiments with plants that count and communicate | Greg Gage

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:53:35 +0000
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For the love of birds | Washington Wachira

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:32:58 +0000
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A mother and son united by love and art | Deb Willis and Hank Willis Thomas

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:49:40 +0000
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How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:58:29 +0000
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What it's like to be a transgender dad | LB Hannahs

Thu, 10 May 2018 14:56:04 +0000
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This simple test can help kids hear better | Susan Emmett

Tue, 29 May 2018 14:59:44 +0000
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A teen scientist's invention to help wounds heal | Anushka Naiknaware

Tue, 29 May 2018 19:58:36 +0000
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Where joy hides and how to find it | Ingrid Fetell Lee

Mon, 21 May 2018 14:46:20 +0000
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Can home cooking change the world? | Gastón Acurio

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:30:43 +0000
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The nightmare videos of children's YouTube -- and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:50:41 +0000
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Why doctors are offering free tax prep in their waiting rooms | Lucy Marcil

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:56:12 +0000
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Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) | Mary Maker

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:01:13 +0000
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To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation | Jessica Pryce

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:44:43 +0000
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A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:45:55 +0000
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How kids can help design cities | Mara Mintzer

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:38:48 +0000
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How storytelling helps parents in prison stay connected to their kids | Alan Crickmore

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:01:09 +0000
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The work that makes all other work possible | Ai-jen Poo

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:57:38 +0000
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The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption | Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:51:17 +0000
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A mother and son's photographic journey through dementia | Tony Luciani

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:01:39 +0000
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Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty | Marian Wright Edelman

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:51:34 +0000
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We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:12:12 +0000
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How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly Noble

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:56:27 +0000
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How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain | Kashfia Rahman

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:00:09 +0000
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The case for having kids | Wajahat Ali

Thu, 09 May 2019 14:51:37 +0000
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When do kids start to care about other people's opinions? | Sara Valencia Botto

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:53:56 +0000
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How to use family dinner to teach politics | Hajer Sharief

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:21:43 +0000
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Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail | Jon Lowenstein

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:56:21 +0000
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What Bruce Lee can teach us about living fully | Shannon Lee

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:55:09 +0000
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How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet | Julie Cordua

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 14:59:22 +0000
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An app that helps incarcerated people stay connected to their families | Marcus Bullock

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:47:16 +0000
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The psychological impact of child separation at the US-Mexico border | Luis H. Zayas

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:48:50 +0000
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How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:00:48 +0000
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The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting | Joel Leon

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:03:46 +0000
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How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:48:01 +0000
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How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries | Ebony Roberts and Shaka Senghor

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:06:20 +0000
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My story of love and loss as a transracial adoptee | Sara Jones

Fri, 29 May 2020 15:04:48 +0000
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What tech companies know about your kids | Veronica Barassi

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:22:43 +0000
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Why children stay silent following sexual violence | Kristin Jones

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:48:33 +0000
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What kids can teach adults about asking for help | YeYoon Kim

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:01:16 +0000
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An aerialist on listening to your body's signals | Adie Delaney

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:53:11 +0000
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Empower a girl, transform a community | Kakenya Ntaiya

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:17:34 +0000
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What if a single human right could change the world? | Kristen Wenz

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 15:59:53 +0000
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An innovative way to support children with special needs | Billy Samuel Mwape

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:48:10 +0000
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Why children of immigrants experience guilt -- and strategies to cope | Sahaj Kaur Kohli

Thu, 06 May 2021 14:49:14 +0000
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The life-saving tech helping mothers make healthy decisions | Aparna Hegde

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:24:18 +0000
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Why I photograph the quiet moments of grief and loss | Caroline Catlin

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:04:37 +0000
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The science behind how parents affect child development | Yuko Munakata

Fri, 14 May 2021 15:03:58 +0000
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How every child can thrive by five | Molly Wright

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:53:20 +0000
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The trans story includes you | Nicole Maines

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:12:56 +0000
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How to stop languishing and start finding flow | Adam Grant

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:59:52 +0000
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A roadmap for young changemakers | Melati Wijsen

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:51:32 +0000
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Why paternity leave benefits everyone | Shu Matsuo Post

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:51:51 +0000
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What working parents really need from workplaces | Angela Garbes

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:35:30 +0000
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The rise of predatory scams -- and how to prevent them | Jane Walsh

Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:09:57 +0000
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The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again | Elizabeth Zion

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:51:53 +0000
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How moms shape the world | Anna Malaika Tubbs

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:44:39 +0000
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Sex education should start with consent | Kaz

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:52:14 +0000
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4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself | Daniel H. Pink

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:49:39 +0000
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Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family | Diana Adams

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:39:14 +0000
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The critical role of Black mothers -- and how to support all moms | Anna Malaika Tubbs

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:42:52 +0000
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An Olympic champion's mindset for overcoming fear | Allyson Felix

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:47:08 +0000
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The most powerful untapped resource in health care | Edith Elliott and Shahed Alam

Mon, 02 May 2022 13:00:40 +0000
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How to preserve your private life in the age of social media | Bryce Dallas Howard

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:45:42 +0000
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A second chance for fathers to connect with their kids | Charles C. Daniels, Jr.

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:35:47 +0000
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The profound power of gratitude and "living eulogies" | Andrea Driessen

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:08:46 +0000
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How to reimagine society for working parents | Reshma Saujani

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:39:01 +0000
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What happens to people's donated eggs and sperm after they die? | Ellen Trachman

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:09:31 +0000
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5 parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids | Tameka Montgomery

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 15:18:05 +0000
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You don't actually know what your future self wants | Shankar Vedantam

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:55:16 +0000
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Why joy is a state of mind | Angélique Kidjo and Femi Oke

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:20:05 +0000
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A colorful case for outside-the-box thinking on identity | Olivia Vinckier

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:07:54 +0000
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The most powerful yet overlooked resource in schools | Heejae Lim

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:46:26 +0000
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How to participate in your own legal defense | Lam Ho

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:06:51 +0000
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3 steps to help kids process traumatic events | Kristen Nguyen

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:54:55 +0000
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The nostalgia behind your favorite Chinese food | Vincent Yeow Lim

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:17:42 +0000
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A foster care system where every child has a loving home | Sixto Cancel

Wed, 24 May 2023 14:58:12 +0000
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