Kids These Days (TV series)
Kids These Days | |
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Presented by | Dana Fleming |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Lifetime |
Release | 1996 1998 | –
Kids These Days is an American discussion series that aired on Lifetime Cable in the morning Monday through Friday from 1996 to 1998.[1][2] It is a half-hour show, hosted by Dana Fleming. It took over for the canceled series Your Baby and Child.[3]
The series discussed issues on parenting, children and teenagers. Initially the focus was on children in the age range 6 to 12.[4] The subjects included safety at home and at school, childhood fears, kids and divorce, single parents, child care, dealing with death, and parent-teacher relations. The debut episode had an interview with child psychologist David Elkind, and featured a child who received benefit from medication for ADHD.[5]
The series was part of a two-hour programming block that Lifetime hoped would appeal to women aged 18 through 34.[6] In a generally positive review, critic Suzanne Gill wrote that the show is more likely than other such shows to allow for family viewing with the children included, because each episode has a child describing the challenges in their own words.[7]
References
- ^ "CBS Hits Broadway for 50th Tony Awards". Los Angeles Times. June 1996.
- ^ Winslow, Harriet (July 27, 1997). "Women Get A Sporting Chance On Lifetime". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
- ^ Brown, Rich (April 22, 1996). "Lifetime to debut new shows". Broadcasting & Cable. 126 (18): 55.
- ^ Kloer, Phil (May 14, 1996). "What's ahead on Lifetime channel: Dramas, 'Debt' and Joan Collins". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. F04.
- ^ Letofsky, Ira (May 31, 1996). "Kids These Days (Lifetime)". The Hollywood Reporter. 332 (30): 61.
- ^ Barttaglio, Stephen (April 16, 1996). "Lifetime targets younger crowd". The Hollywood Reporter. 341 (48): 134.
- ^ Gill, Suzanne (July 21, 1996). "Kids on 'Kids'". San Francisco Examiner. p. 292.