KSIS Radio 1050 AM, News-Sports-Weather » Kids http://ksisradio.com KSIS Radio 1050 AM, News-Sports-Weather KSIS-AM Sat, 25 May 2013 06:00:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 How to Talk to Kids in Wake of Boston Marathon Tragedy http://ksisradio.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-in-wake-of-boston-marathon-tragedy/ http://ksisradio.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-in-wake-of-boston-marathon-tragedy/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:52:10 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://tsminteractive.com/?p=160141 As a parent, the hardest part of coping with any tragedy—be it a national or personal one—is finding the words to explain the unexplainable to your children, society's most innocent members.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-in-wake-of-boston-marathon-tragedy/feed/ 0 Watch Sandy Hook School Children Perform a Moving Rendition of 'Over the Rainbow' http://ksisradio.com/sandy-hook-over-the-rainbow/ http://ksisradio.com/sandy-hook-over-the-rainbow/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:54:33 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=178690 It's Tuesday, so you probably need a good cry. Here, watch this video. It's children from Sandy Hook Elementary performing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' on 'Good Morning America.' The kids recorded the song, with folk musician Ingrid Michaelson, at the home of former Talking Heads members Tina Weymouth and Christ Frantz.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/sandy-hook-over-the-rainbow/feed/ 0 Good Morning America Young Cancer Patient Has Heartwarming Meeting With His Wrestling Hero http://ksisradio.com/boy-with-cancer-wrestling-hero/ http://ksisradio.com/boy-with-cancer-wrestling-hero/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:38:55 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=173791 Professional wrestlers may seem like tough guys, but underneath their shiny spandex outfits and long, flowing hair (clearly a sign of ultimate masculinity), they have hearts of gold. Daniel Bryan, for example, recently met with a seven-year-old boy who has had brain cancer for almost four years, and says he's Bryan's biggest fan. It's okay if you need to go grab some Kleenex before you look at the pictures.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/boy-with-cancer-wrestling-hero/feed/ 0 Facebook Is the 'Baby Snatched By an Eagle' Video Real or Fake? http://ksisradio.com/is-the-baby-snatched-by-an-eagle-video-real-or-fake/ http://ksisradio.com/is-the-baby-snatched-by-an-eagle-video-real-or-fake/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:09:55 +0000 Kyle Dowling http://thefw.com/?p=173442 Yep, this actually happened. (Maybe.) Going down in Montreal, the video -- in which an eagle unsuccessfully attempts to snatch up a toddler -- has racked up over 1 million YouTube hits in just one day.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/is-the-baby-snatched-by-an-eagle-video-real-or-fake/feed/ 0 Talking to Children About Tragedy in Wake of Connecticut School Shooting [OPINION] http://ksisradio.com/how-to-talk-to-children-about-tragedy-in-wake-of-connecticut-school-shooting/ http://ksisradio.com/how-to-talk-to-children-about-tragedy-in-wake-of-connecticut-school-shooting/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:16:03 +0000 Stephanie McMaster http://tsminteractive.com/?p=152601 How do you explain the unexplainable to children? Today, parents across the country, including myself, were faced with this  -- fumbling over words while explaining the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown - located only 20 miles away from my own daughter's elementary school.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/how-to-talk-to-children-about-tragedy-in-wake-of-connecticut-school-shooting/feed/ 0 Creatas Vacations: To Take The Kids or To Not Take The Kids [POLL] http://ksisradio.com/vacations-to-take-the-kids-or-to-not-take-the-kids-poll/ http://ksisradio.com/vacations-to-take-the-kids-or-to-not-take-the-kids-poll/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:40:31 +0000 Bruce http://kxkx.com/?p=67104 When I think about my childhood and the vacations we went on, I wonder if my parents were gluttons for punishment.  My father, the high school math teacher, and my mother would put me, my brother and my sister in the back seat of the car and start the drive.  It was almost always to Clearwater, Florida to visit my grandparents.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/vacations-to-take-the-kids-or-to-not-take-the-kids-poll/feed/ 0 CJ Sorg/Flickr Spider-Man Window Washers Give Sick Kids a Heartwarming Surprise http://ksisradio.com/spider-man-window-washers-give-sick-kids-a-heartwarming-surprise/ http://ksisradio.com/spider-man-window-washers-give-sick-kids-a-heartwarming-surprise/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:56:30 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=161080 The window washers at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN, kind of make 'Patch Adams' seem like a big old meany. Two of the hospital's three-man window washing team dressed up like Spider-Man, and then rappelled down the side of the building, lifting childrens' spirits while cleaning windows. But yeah, a clown nose is good too.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/spider-man-window-washers-give-sick-kids-a-heartwarming-surprise/feed/ 0 Facebook.com/CommercialAppeal Mom Thrown in Jail for Allowing Kids to Miss School http://ksisradio.com/mom-thrown-in-jail-for-allowing-kids-to-miss-school/ http://ksisradio.com/mom-thrown-in-jail-for-allowing-kids-to-miss-school/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:47:05 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=158017 As any parent knows, getting multiple kids ready for school in the morning can be a real hassle. But before you decide to leave them to their own devices, consider this 34-year-old California mom who was sentenced to six months in jail for letting her kids skip too much school. Truancy ain't no joke!

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/mom-thrown-in-jail-for-allowing-kids-to-miss-school/feed/ 0 NBC News Daddy Blogger Causes Uproar By Revealing His Favorite Son http://ksisradio.com/daddy-blogger-causes-uproar-by-revealing-his-favorite-son/ http://ksisradio.com/daddy-blogger-causes-uproar-by-revealing-his-favorite-son/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:45:52 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=154599 Buzz Bishop (not pictured) says he was just being honest when he wrote that his older son is "my favorite of the two." However the daddy blogger's truth-telling hasn't sat well with many of his readers, who have expressed their surprise and outrage that he would put something like that on the internet.

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]]> http://ksisradio.com/daddy-blogger-causes-uproar-by-revealing-his-favorite-son/feed/ 0 Photodisc/ThinkStock Texas Mom Arrested For Letting Kids Play on Quiet Suburban Street http://ksisradio.com/texas-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-play-on-quiet-suburban-street/ http://ksisradio.com/texas-mom-arrested-for-letting-kids-play-on-quiet-suburban-street/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:29:48 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=153089 Tammy Cooper and her husband moved to their house on a cul-de-sac in a quiet La Porte, Texas neighborhood so they would have a safe place for their nine and six-year-old children to grow up.

And Cooper thought she was reaping the benefits of her suburban lifestyle as she sat on her lawn and watched her children play on their scooters. But this tranquility was interrupted when a police car pulled in front of her home and the officer approached her. Cooper asked him what he was here for. "We're here for you," he responded.

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