Kavitha Cardoza
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Talking about death makes many of us uncomfortable. NPR's Life Kit offers tips for starting an advance directive to prepare for a good death. (Story aired on All Things Considered on July, 12, 2020.)
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If you're noticing the dust on the bookshelf or the crumbs on the floor, here are tips and tricks from NPR's Life Kit for how to clean better, starting with your bedroom.
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Educators tell NPR that the stress of teaching through the pandemic has affected their health and their personal lives. "It's like nothing I've experienced before," one teachers says. -
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For children learning English, speaking the language can be a way to fit in. But teachers worry that remote learning means some students aren't hearing even casual English outside their classes.
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Davon McNeal was one of several children killed by gun violence over the July Fourth weekend while doing everyday things: playing in the yard, walking through a mall, watching fireworks.
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With schools closed and kids cooped up at home, soccer coaches, dance instructors and other leaders of extracurricular activites are finding creative ways of keeping kids active and engaged.
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A heat wave has much of the U.S. in its grips, including in Washington D.C. But some residents have found ways to cope.
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Anxiety is the most frequently diagnosed mental disorder in children. A unique school in Fairfax, Va., tries to help students with severe anxiety who have trouble going to class.
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School nurses play a critical role in identifying students with mental health disorders, but there aren't enough of them and they often don't have enough training.
