Getting Raised (Hour long program with 5 or 3 min. newshole)

Summary:

Teens tell us what it's like to live with parents...or without them

Website:

http://kuow.org/newspecials/raised.asp

Additional Credits and Funding:

Produced by KUOW Public Radio and the Public Radio Exchange

Timely on:

May 13: Mother's Day

Tones:

Intimate, Personal, Real

Language:

English

Description:

Getting raised isn't easy. This hour, we hear stories from those who know. Teenagers explain how to deal with in-your-face parents, abusive parents, absent parents and becoming a parent when you're still in high school.

KUOW and the Public Radio Exchange scoured the country for the best radio stories created by producers under twenty. One teen tells us about folks who won't let their kid eat watermelon unsupervised, because they're afraid she'll choke on the seeds. Another young woman got kicked out of her mom's house when she was only eleven years old. She had to raise herself fast, and on the streets. We'll also hear some juicy secrets (you know that bullet hole in the basement?), and eavesdrop on conversations it's hard to have, at any age.

PRODUCER: Jenny Asarnow
HOST: Jennol Jenkins with her mom, Deb Jenkins
WEB PRODUCER: Jenna Montgomery
PRX PRODUCTION HELP: Jones Franzel

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