Parenting rights, child supervision and the law
Guests: Dorothy Roberts, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Mark Zonfrillo
A New Jersey woman was arrested for leaving her toddler in the car while she bought party supplies. The New Jersey Supreme Court has decided to hear her appeal to consider whether her actions constitute child abuse or just bad judgment. Other recent cases raise similar questions – a South Carolina mom arrested for allowing her 9-year old to play at a park while she went to work, an Ohio father charged with child endangerment when his son skipped a church service to play with friends. Today we look at what some are calling the "criminalization of parenthood" with DOROTHY ROBERTS, Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE, a creative writing instructor at Columbia University who wrote the recent article "The day I was nearly arrested for having an autistic son." Also, Marty talks to MARK ZONFRILLO, a pediatric emergency physician from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, about the dangers of leaving children in cars.
Alzheimer's Disease: care, treatment and prevention
FDA approved the controversial Alzheimer's drug aducanumab. We'll talk with Penn Memory Center's Dr. Jason Karlawish about the decision and the state of Alzheimer's research.
Air Date: June 8, 2021 10:00 am
"Harnessing Grief"
Maria Kefalas discusses her memoir about coping with her daughter Calliope's terminal illness and how she learned to turn her grief into action and advocacy.
Air Date: February 2, 2021 10:00 am
Covid-19 checkup: vaccine progress and kids in school
Where do the vaccine candidates stand and how are politics complicating it all? Also, what are we learning about infections in schools that have reopened?