Summer Episode 1: Why we need research on kids

Release date: July 22, 2024

This is the first mini episode of Talking About Kids for summer 2024. In it, I share some little-known facts about kids in the U.S., and I present the theme for the remaining summer episodes: namely positive facts about kids to help us through the stress and fear-mongering that are all too present today. Links to some of the research I cite are below. Full-length Talking About Kids episodes return in the Fall.

Links

United States' Child Marriage Problem

https://www.unchainedatlast.org/united-states-child-marriage-problem-study-findings-april-2021/

Perceived Social and Emotional Support Among Teenagers

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr206.pdf