"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's a lot of sub-par children's programing out there, but that doesn't mean that everything on ...

Rebecca Dore has conducted previous consulting work for PBS KIDS and engages with a PBS KIDS staff member who is a member of the advisory board for one of Dore's current federally funded grants. At ...

Children’s screen time habits are linked to health as adults, a study says. The amount of time that young people spend watching screens -- instead of physical activity like sports, hikes or gardening ...

My feelings about TV and movies for kids are also the result of my own set of values about what I want my kids to experience, how I want them to learn to think about screens and storytelling and ...

Julia, a Muppet on Sesame Street, is a 4-year-old girl with bright-orange hair who likes singing, painting, and playing with her stuffed bunny, “Fluffster.” She’s also autistic—which means, as the ...

When it comes to content to watch, kids have a lot of options these days. There are still the classics, like Sesame Street, but also a new kids media titan: YouTube. So how can a parent make sense of ...

In our current streaming-obsessed world, there are thousands of choices of TV shows, ranging from Emmy-winning and acclaimed to absolute slop. It's hard enough to pick something to watch for yourself, ...

Lucy (Kathleen) McGoron receives funding from Michigan Health Endowment fund and SAMHSA. Erika Squires does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...

At U.S. President Donald Trump's request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That measure, which passed in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At U.S. President Donald Trump’s request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back ...