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KPBS Families Hub
Welcome to KPBS Families Hub. This is the place to find news, information and resources to help you make decisions about the children under your care and support you in your family adventures.
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The San Diego Central Library is hosting a series of panels for teachers and librarians during Comic-Con weekend.
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Trump withheld about $7 billion in education funds for various school programs nationwide, including about $800 million for California.
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The ordinance, which would go into effect 30 days later, would ban anyone under the age of 8 from riding a Class 1 or Class 2 electric bicycle and would make it a crime for an adult to knowingly allow them.
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Two UC San Diego researchers found evidence that birth rates climbed eight years ago during Trump’s first term.
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A lawyer sent the city a demand letter alleging that a local mom was discriminated against because the library denied her request to host reading events based on religious and patriotic books. The letter also objects to books with depictions of adult nudity.
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The state has repeatedly balked at boosting how much it pays the people who care for society’s mistreated children.
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Although 84 percent of teenage boys and young men said they believed avoiding a partner's pregnancy was important, only 42 percent had heard of emergency contraception, researchers in Colorado found.
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Facilities for delivering babies are expensive to run and hard to staff. But when small rural hospitals close their birthing units, pregnant women must travel much farther for care.
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Parents struggle with the balance of being a friend versus being a taskmaster. Their job, says Dr. Leonard Sax, is to "keep your child safe" and "give kids choices in some domains but not in others."
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For the second time in less than two years, an elementary school in Oceanside is in danger of being closed.
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The San Dieguito Union High School District begins town hall forums for public input in the search for a permanent superintendent.
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Citing a decade of declining enrollment, the Vista Unified School District asked community members Tuesday to serve on a new committee tasked with recommending the future of several district schools — including the possibility of consolidation.
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"Spark" is a new middle-grade "novel-in-verse" by local author and educator Chris Baron. It follows two rural, nature-loving 8th graders as they evacuate their small town due to a wildflower, and attempt to piece their lives back together.
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La Jolla Playhouse recently opened a production of Jocelyn Bioh's Tony Award-winning play "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." Set in a Harlem hair braiding salon, the story explores love, family, friendship and the complexities of being an immigrant.
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The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.




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PBS KIDS Video App
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PBS KIDS Games App
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