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  • MP3s & Hearing Loss

        MP3s & Hearing Loss Marc Straus | CWK Network Producer     Click Image for Video “Over the course of time, what we find is: that noise will damage the hearing mechanism.” – Kadyn Williams, Audiologist   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources One in three Americans will suffer from a […]

  • Gossip is Good

        Gossip is Good Emily Halevy | CWK Network Producer     Click Image for Video “It lets people really know each other, and know about what’s going on in their lives. And that enables people to feel safe. It makes them feel a sense of belonging.” – Wendy Simonds, PhD, sociology   Related […]

  • Sickle Cell Cure

        Sickle Cell Cure Emily Halevy | CWK Network Producer     Click Image for Video “When we found out that the bone marrow transplant could actually cure her, there were like- I didn’t even want to ask any questions, I just wanted to know how fast we could get it done.” – Daphne […]

  • Addicted Parents

        Addicted Parents Emily Halevy | Network Producer     Click Image for Video “I was afraid when I’d go to school, she’d get drunk and hurt herself, or get behind the wheel, or crash into somebody.” – George Evans, 15, child of recovering alcoholic   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources […]

  • Boys & Teen Pregnancy

        Boys & Teen Pregnancy Robert Seith | CWK Network Senior Producer     Click Image for Video “It’s best if we get our point across to them rather than having an adult talk to them because we can speak their language. We know how they feel more than if an adult was talking […]

  • Jobs Hurt Grades

        Jobs Hurt Grades Marc Straus | CWK Network Producer     Click Image for Video “They end up experimenting in such a way that the use of that [extra] income is not really going toward beneficial things for them.” – Dr. Richard Winer, Psychiatrist   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources […]

  • Organic Foods

        Organic Foods Robert Seith | CWK Network Senior Producer     Click Image for Video “(These) pesticides cause the inhibition of a very important enzyme in our neurological system.” Alex Lu, Ph.D., Environmental Health Researcher, Emory University.   Related Information What Parents Need To Know Resources The apples and bananas that 9-year-old Leah […]

  • Apnea (ER Story)

        Apnea (ER Story) Marc Straus | CWK Network Producer     Click Image for Video “This type of apnea in babies is due to [the] immature brain. And you don’t get the stimulus to breathe as strongly as adults and older children will get that stimulus.” – Dr. David Goo, Emergency Pediatrics, Children’s […]