A one-hour public radio documentary about the practices and perceptions of birth in America.

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.

CBC Radio's Outfront presents four stories about children and parents.

In the year 2000, Peg Collison left the town of San Mateo, California - where she'd been living for almost 35 years - and moved two hours away into a newly built retirement community in Davis, California. Peg's son, Dan, gave his Mom a tape recorder and asked her document her transition. From Dan and Peg Collison and Long Haul Productions.

In this award winning documentary, producer Melanie Berzon chronicles five women whose parents died at an early age. Share in their laughter and their tears, their anger and their loss.

Guest co-hosted by Joe Bev's mom, Joan Bevilacqua, and his mother-in-law, Virginia Kellogg, presenting rare and classic audio and music about mothers from Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Bob Clampett, Walt Disney, Mother Goose, Al Jolson, Max Fleischer, Mae Questal, Paul Whiteman, and Smiley Burnette.

It's a joyful, funny, moving and inspiring story of parental and filial love, a memoir of America in a certain time; the influence of a mother on a child; and the importance of knowing how to cook red rice.

After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to adopt. She chose transracial adoption.

The story of a remarkable Indian woman who struggled with the bonds of tradition and finally broke them in old age, told by her granddaughter.

A sonic memorial to the healing power of art,
"Mothers and Sons" is a double portrait of the German sculptor Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945), who created "The Grieving Parents," a moving memorial to her son who died in WWI, and the contemporary German-American sculptor Suse Lowenstein, who created an equally monumental work to honor her son, a victim in the 1988 Lockerbie disaster.

This is mother's day with no mush but a lot of heart. 18-year-old Jordan Green and his mom guide us through an exploration of motherhood from various Queer perspectives, with a good dose of humor.

A mother unexpectedly breaks down and apologizes to her 34-year-old daughter for not being able to breastfeed her.

What makes motherhood scientific? This week we look at changing attitudes about mothers, pregnancy, and science. We explore the history of pregnancy tests, and what that has to do with South African clawed frogs.

A twelve year-old's audio diary about life with a mom in prison.

17-years-old Vikky Cruz struggles to cope with her mother's illness, a rare genetic disease called neuroacanthytosis, and the ways it's taken over the mother she once knew.

Cathy is 16. She loves listening to Outkast. She wanted to be a lawyer, but now she thinks she wants to be an accountant. Cathy is also still a freshman in high school because she is the mother of two little boys, the oldest, James, is two years old. From Sarah Elzahs.

2010 is the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave American women the right to vote. The story of the actual vote for ratification in August 1920 is a dramatic one.

Every 100 days, Dmae Roberts saves the phone messages of her mom who passed away. From Dmae Roberts.

Seán Lennon interviews his mom, Yoko Ono.

A day at a school for teen moms is not exactly like one at a regular high school.

Dr. Benjamin Carson grew up in poverty in a single-parent home. Renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson believes he owes his life and career to his mother.

Blanca Alvarez, originally from Nogales, Mexico, recounts the story of her crossing the border to join her family in Los Angeles, California, more than thirty years prior. She and her daughter, Connie, go on to remember their early years in the United States.

High school students tell you what they love about their mothers.

On Mother's Day, I'm realizing just how embarrassing I am to my children. I say the wrong things, I cry at the wrong time, I act way too happy when I shouldn't... I'm so uncool. How did this happen?

An apology and a plea for a mother's understanding when a son joins the Marines. Omar joined the Marines this year. His piece tries to end a battle with his mother about signing up in the first place.