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How to keep violent porn out of your home and away from your kids

Kids – even some young kids – are being exposed to an unprecedented amount of pornography online and a lot of it is violent and misogynistic.  There are tools parents can use to block this content.

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Runners at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race

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  • News

Peachtree Road Race innovates for 55th running on July 4

On July 4th, 1970, 140 runners set off from the corner of Peachtree and Roswell Roads in the first Peachtree Road Race. Only 110 of the runners finished.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Madison Auchincloss
A father helps his son steady a firearm at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention on May 28, 2022, in Houston, Texas. Exposing children to guns comes with risks, but some firearms enthusiasts say they'd prefer to train kids to use guns responsibly.

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  • National

Amid concerns about kids and guns, some say training is the answer

The number of U.S. children dying from gunshot wounds has climbed in recent years. Keeping guns out of reach is one way to curb the trend — others argue to teach kids to handle guns responsibly.

April 18, 2024
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  • Martin Kaste
Kids who have dogs get a boost in physical activity - especially young girls.

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  • Children's Health

Do your kids want a dog? Science may be on their side

Kids who have dogs get significantly more physical activity, compared to kids who don't. Researchers followed 600 children over three years, and found young girls got the biggest exercise boost.

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Scott Simon with his daughter, Elise, during the holidays.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: School shows are a magical part of the holidays

NPR's Scott Simon talks about how much he enjoys watching school stage productions this time of year and why.

November 25, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
In <em>Leo</em> Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard who learns he has a gift for helping kids sort through their problems.

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  • Movie Interviews

'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler

If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, the new coming-of-age movie musical from Netflix.

November 21, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country.

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  • Theater

Free babysitting on Broadway? This nonprofit helps parents get to the theater

Broadway tickets are expensive — add babysitting to that and the costs are often prohibitive. But a nonprofit is trying to bring free babysitting to theaters around the country.

September 23, 2023
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Republican state Sen. Jason Anavitarte, of Dallas, speaks to a House subcommittee on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at the Capitol in Atlanta. Anavitarte and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones said on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, that they will seek to pass a law in 2024 requiring social media companies to obtain a parent's permission for children to sign up for accounts.

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  • News

Georgia kids would need parental permission to join social media if Senate Republicans get their way

Children in Georgia would need their parents' permission to create social media accounts if some top Republicans in the state get their way next year. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Sen. Jason Anavitarte say the want to pass such a law in 2024.

August 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Temima and Jack Genauer gathered focus groups to taste-test their lemonade on May 30, 2021. “The Georgia Lemonade Stand Act,” would exempt kids under the age of 18 from obtaining a business license or permit to sell lemonade or other products.

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  • Business

'Refreshing' new law allows Georgia children to operate lemonade stands legally

If you see lemonade stands offering cool drinks in your neighborhood on these hot Georgia days, thank two Atlanta siblings who helped make it a reality.

July 03, 2023
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
The pantry for shelf stable food in the Ballard Hudson Middle School Helping Hands Ending Hunger program.

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  • Food

In Bibb County, there's a pilot program of students feeding students. It's looking like a success

Bibb County Schools are seeing success in a monthslong pilot of a program aimed at empowering students to help steer food to their hungry classmates.

April 24, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A student carries her plate which consists of three bean chili, rice, mandarins and cherry tomatoes and baked chips during her lunch break at a local public school, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.

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  • Politics

There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids

Vermont is inching closer to passing a bill to make school meals free for all public school students. It could be the next to join five other states to make the move after pandemic-era benefits.

March 31, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Rapper and actor Ludacris, right, smiles with a student who received new shoes at Miles Intermediate Elementary School in Atlanta on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022.

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  • News

Ludacris, Mercedes-Benz grant holiday wishes with new shoes

Ludacris and Mercedes-Benz have surprised schoolchildren in Atlanta with more than 500 new pairs of shoes just in time for the holidays.

December 08, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Madelynn Murphy, fourth grade 4-H’er from Appling County, poses with her first-place winning 109-pound watermelon.

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  • Food

Georgia fourth grader grows prize-winning 109-pound watermelon

An elementary school student from Appling County won the 2022 Georgia 4-H Watermelon Growing Contest. Her hefty entry weighed in at 109.5 pounds. 

August 23, 2022
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  • GPB News Staff

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  • Children's Health

The case for revolutionizing child care in America

A new book argues that greater public support for parents is critical for the brain development of America's kids.

May 17, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky

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  • Children's Health

The case for revolutionizing child care in America

A new book argues that greater public support for parents is critical for the brain development of America's kids.

May 17, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
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