Empty Arms Support Group

Carol McMurrich, founder of Empty Arms Support Group for people who have experienced infant loss, miscarriage, stillborn or infant death, joins us.  Carol’s group currently works with the birth centers at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Holyoke Medical...

Puppets at the Springfield Museums

Matt Longhi, Director of Public Relations &Marketing, and Kristina Guerin, Museum Programmer for the Springfield Museums, discuss the week-long puppet program taking place during school vacation, as well as other areas of interest in the museum...

Child Safety

Child safety advocate and child sexual abuse survivor Kathy Picard; Jeff Londraville, author of “The Filter;” and Kris Allard, of YMCA of Greater Springfield  preview the upcoming April 30 event at the Basketball Hall of Fame,...

Author Bill Corbett

Bill Corbett, Award-Winning Author of Love, Limits, & Lessons: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Cooperative Kids discusses children’s media habits.  Researchers have revealed that 30 minutes or more of screen time for children increases the flow of dopamine...

Author Bill Corbett

  Bill Corbett is the author of the award winning book Love, Limits & Lessons: A Parents Guide to Raising Cooperative Kids.  He discusses the struggle many parents have with getting their kids to do their homework and the temptation some parents have to do...

Circus Camp

The New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) is a not-for-profit circus school based in Brattleboro,VT. It was founded in 2007 to offer people of all ages and abilities a unique opportunity to experience the magical & captivating world of circus arts. New...

Nurse/ Midwives in Massachusetts

Nurse-midwife Annie Heath from Cooley Dickinson Center for Midwifery Care of Northampton and patients Molly and Alex (and baby William) discuss changes in Massachusetts law allowing nurse-midwives to do more for patients and the experience of working with a...

Parents Sports Misbehavior

Springfield College Sports Management  Prof. Kevin McAllister and Springfield Republican sports writer Bill Wells will discuss recent misbehavior by parents at youth sporting events and what this says about our society, as well what we need to do to change and...

Teen Pregnancy

Guests:  Patricia Quinn,  Exec. Dir. Mass. Alliance on Teen Pregnancy and Kris Hazzard, Pres./CEO Berkshire United Way. The Mass Alliance on teen pregnancy is the only organization in Massachusetts dedicated to ensuring that state policies and local programs...

Care Center of Holyoke

The Care Center is an alternative education program for pregnant and parenting teens who have dropped out of high school. Currently, between 70 and 85 percent of Care Center students who leave The Care Center with their GEDs go on to college....

Empty Nesters

Psychiatrist Barry Sarvet, MD from Baystate Medical Center will discuss how parents can deal with “Empty Nest Syndrome” as their children leave for...