Each year, Alive Hospice holds Camp Forget-Me-Not to support children through their grief. It offers an environment where kids can have fun, make new friends, and share freely about their loss with other kids.
NashVillager Podcast: Protecting Tennessee’s kids
Why are more kids in Tennessee dying of suspected abuse and neglect? Plus the local news for July 3, 2024.
The Children’s Memory Garden memorializes Nashville’s youngest victims of violence
In this episode, we explore garden’s history, talk to those who have been maintaining it all these years, and the families of the children who are remembered there.
What does the future of child care in Middle Tennessee look like?
Child care is often expensive, hard-to-find and deeply necessary for working parents and guardians. With schools being out for the summer, many families in Middle Tennessee are in need for child care.
Tell us about your experiences with child care in Middle Tennessee
As summer approaches and the school year comes to an end, This Is Nashville is planning an episode about child care. We want to hear from parents, grandparents and legal guardians about your experiences looking for child care in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Have you had to deal with waitlists and long lines to get […]
Tennessee’s Pediatric COVID Cases Are Through The Roof, And Hospitals Are Feeling It
The pandemic has never been so hard on Tennessee children as it has been the last few weeks. Cases surpassed the previous high set in the winter surge, and hospitals are feeling the pinch.
At A Tennessee Psychiatric Treatment Center, Inexperienced And Overworked Staff Left Kids Without Care
Caring for some of Tennessee’s most vulnerable kids is challenging work, yet many who do so in residential psychiatric centers earn low wages, have no prior experience and get just a couple weeks training. Which is why places like Kingston Academy near Knoxville, which closed last year, see such high staff turnover, burnout and violence.
Postal Service Continues to Shred Imagination Library Books
The U.S. Postal Service says that the new State law banning them from discarding Imagination Library books violates federal laws on customer discrimination.
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