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Claudia Quigg

In less than four short minutes, Claudia Quigg gives parents a healthy dose of encouragement, as she thoughtfully examines the issues facing today’s families. Let’s Talk Kids, a regular segment produced in the studios of WUIS, airs every Thursday or Friday during Morning Edition, at approximately 8:25 a.m.

Claudia is the founder and Executive Director of Baby TALK, a non-profit organization designed to positively impact child development and nurture healthy parent/child relationships during the critical early years. She also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Millikin University and writes a column for the Decatur Herald & Review.

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Listen & Read Along

201010

listen January 7 (New Beginnings) - listen January 14 (Angels in the Nursery)
listen January 21 (Crimes and Misdemeanors) - listenJanuary 28 (Child to Child)

listen February 4 (Kairos Moments) - listen February 11 (Opening Doors)
listen February 18 (Parents' Punctured Pride) - listen February 25 (Born to Learn)

listen March 4 (Trust Yourself) - listen March 11 (When Kids are Sick)
listenMarch 18 (Teaching Public Behavior) - listen March 25 (Brave Vulnerability)

listenApril 1 (Selective Hearing) - listenApril 8 (Reading in Style) listenApril 15 (Rubber Eraser Day)
listenApril 22 (Bullying Revisited) - listenApril 29 (Jump at de Sun)

listen May 6 (A Peek at the Future) - listenMay 13(The First Car)
listenMay 20(Guinea Pigs, Hermit Crabs and Tree Frogs) listenMay 27(Kids are People, Too)

listenJune 3(How Does Your Garden Grow) listenJune 10(Boundless Imagination)
listen June 17(Dads at Play)listenJune 24(A Face in the Crowd)

listen July 8(The World's Babies) listenJuly 15(Summer: Unplugged)
listen July 22(Parents in Charge)listenJuly 29(The Emergence of Empathy)

 

2009

- listen January 1 (Edited Memories) - listen January 8 (Nurturing Gratitude)
- listenJanuary 15 (Raising the Comeback Kid - aired on Monday, January 19)
- listen January 22 (The Partnership of Parenting)
- listenJanuary 29 (Piloting a Path for Discipline)

- listen February 5 (Have Hope) - listen February 12 (The Perfect Name)
- listen Febraury 19 (A Cry of Passion) - listen Febraury 26 (How are the Children)

- listen March 5 (Thar She Blows!) - listen March 12 (The Reading Sleepover)
- listen March 19 (Duty Bound) - listen March 26 (Fuel for Growth)

- listen April 2 (Away They Go) - listen April 9 (The Kindness of Children)
- listen April 16 (Grandparent Primer) - listen April 23 (Stressed Out!)
- listen April 30 (Sibling Harmony)

- listen May 7 (Don't Ask!) - listen May 14 (Building Resiliency)
- listen May 21 (Ready [or Not] for School) - listen May 28 (For the Love of Libraries)

-June 4 (Parenting Karma) - June 11 (Seasonal Delights)
- June 18 (Father Knows Best...Sometimes) - June 25 (Parenting Do-Overs)

- July 2 (Affairs of State) - July 9 (Playing Outside)- July 16 (About Face)
- July 23 (Language Bloopers)- July 30 (Learning Empathy from Anna and Jack)

- August 6 (Match Point) - August 13 (The Parent Connection)
- August 20 (Camp Gam) - August 27 (Casting Off)

- September 3 (Labor Day ) - September 10 (The Comfort of Routine)
- September 17 (The Grandparent Boon) - September 24 (Children's Ambivalence)

- October 1 (Giving Them Wings) - October 8 (Splitting the[Adam])
- October 15 (They Don't Miss a Thing) - October 22 (To Love a Book)
- October 29 (For One Day)

- November 5 (How Much is Too Much?) - November 12 (Multiple Intelligences)
- November 19 (Meaning in the Day) - November 26 (Assessment Angst)

- December 3 (Tug of War) - December 10 (The Story of Play)
- December 17 (Holiday Books) - December 24 (How Much is Too Much)
- listen December 31 (Year End Tally)

 

2008

- listen December 4 (Family 911) - listen December 11(Keeping Them Safe)
Let's Talk Kids for Christmas will be heard on Christmas Eve this Year!
- listen December 18 (Baking Cookies with Kids) - listen December 24 (More Blessed to Give)

 

- listen November 6 (The Second-Born Child) - listen November 13 (The Last Butterfly)
- listen November 20 (Teaching Common Cents) - listen November 27 (The Family Table)

 

- listen October 2 (Only, Not Lonely) - listen October 9 (Fall into Learning)
- listen October 16 (Just Sit Still) - listen October 23 (Children's Sleep From A to Zzzz)
- listen October 30 (Spooked)

 

- listen September 4 (Learning Ups and Downs) - listen September 11 (Give'em A Job)
- listen September 18 (On Becoming Grandparents) - listen September 25 (Being the Bright Spot)

 

- listen August 7 (Panic!) - listen August 14 (Making Memories on the Road)
- listen August 21 (Taking on Temperment) - listen August 28 (The Family Reunion)

 

- listen July 3 (Input, Not Outcome) - listen July 10 (Don't Borrow Babies)
- listen July 17 (Summer Reading Paradise) - listen July 24 (Mirror Neurons)
- listen July 31 (Home when the Street Lights Come On)

 

- listen June 5 (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff) - listen June 12 (Just Say Yes)
- listen June 19 (Hang In There) - listen June 26 (Sandwich Season)

 

- listen May 1 (A Green Legacy) - listen May 8 (You Grow, Girl)
- listen May 15 (Tell Me My Story) - listen May 22 (Stepping Up)
- listen May 29 (Parents in Waiting)

 

- listen April 3 (Two to Tango) - listen April 10 (Busy, Busy, Busy)
- listen April 17 (When I Grow Up) - listen April 24 (Comfort And Joy)

 

- listen March 6 (Skirmishing Siblings) - listen March 13 ([Not] Up for Negotiation)
- listen March 20 (Storybook Solutions) - listen March 27 (Universal Issues, Unique Responses)

 

- listen February 7 (Best Laid Plans) - listen February 14 (Mastering Morning Mayhem)
- listen February 21 (A Tale of Two Babies) - listen February 28 (Tommy the Terrible)

 

- listen January 4 (Life in the White Spaces) - listen January 10 (The Nurturing Account)
- listenJanuary 18 (That Complex One Percent) - listen January 24 (The Snow Day)
- listenJanuary 31 (Embarrassment of Riches)

2007

- January 4 (Setting Family Goals) - January 11 ( Nurturing Nobility)
- January 18 (Kids are Puzzling) - January 25 (Growing a Rainbow)

- February 1 (Gusseted by Guilt) - February 8 (Life Lessons from Literature)
- February 15 (Letting Them Fail) - February 22 (Special Kids, Regular Lives)

- March 1 (Changing Cars) - March 8 (Collecting Expertise)
- March 15 (The Eyes Have It) - March 22 (Spinning Stools)
- March 29 (Good Grief)

- April 5 (Quality Counts) - April 12 (Make and Model)
- April 19 (Letting Them Choose) - April 26 (Be Your Own Supernanny)

- May 3 (The Efficiency Dilemma) - May 10 (Mothers, Not Martyrs)
- May 17 (Self-fulfilling Parenting) - May 24 (A Loving Legacy)
- May 31 (Your Most Miserable Child)

- June 7 (Learning to Wait) - June 14 (Honest Mistakes)
- June 21 (Fishin' with Charlie) - June 28 (An End to Parent Bashing)

- July 5 (Reading at a Summers's Pace) - July 12 (Facing Hard Things with Kids)
- July 19 (Plan a Picnic) - July 26 (Bathing our Babies)

- August 2 (The Call of the Wild) - August 9 (Gestures That Instruct the Heart)
- August 16 (Eating An Elephant) - August 23 (Looking for Happiness at Harvard)

- September 6 (Baby Boom[erang]) - September 13 (No More Buy-Buy Baby)
- September 20 (Beyond the Book) - September 27 (Thou Shall Not Whine)

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(On Hiatus)
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- listen December 13 (Don't Mess with My Traditions) - listen December 20 (An Imperfect Holiday)
- listen December 27 (The Powerful Newborn)

2006

- December 7 (Treasured Traditions) - December 21 (Natural Allies)
- November 23 (The Attitude of Gratitude) - November 9 (Pox, Lice & Other Vermin)
- October 26 (Getting Smarter as Parents) - October 12 (Dick, Jane & Jamela)
- September 28 (Capturing Kid Quotes) - September 14 (On Choosing Heart Over Hurry)
- August 24 (Imprinting Values) - August 10 (The Road Less Traveled)
- July 27 (Cellmates or Soulmates) - July 13 (Children of the Earth)
- June 29 (Judgment in Aisle 4) - June 15 (A World of Choices)

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