Guest-host Tobin Low talks to comedian Tig Notaro about a jarring ride to school with her son. (6 minutes)

What life lessons can kids learn at the 4-H rabbit competition? A lot. (11 minutes)

When producer Ike Sriskandarajah tries to sleep-train his baby, a neighbor decides to call the police.

Three girls, whose families traveled thousands of miles to get to New York, navigate their latest challenge: American middle school. (11 minutes)

Guest Host Chana Joffe-Walt asks her kids when they first encountered adult fallibility.

A beloved drawing goes missing from Mr. Ablao’s third grade classroom.

Calvin is an 11 year old who is learning what love is all about, the hard way. (7 minutes)

Our senior editor David Kestenbaum introduces us to someone who is literally running around the block as a way to solve one of his problems. David tries to figure out why it works.

Ira talks with Cassidy, a 10-year-old who has to take a very long route when he encounters an unfamiliar word in a book.

Elna Baker tells Ira about two detectives who solved a murder remarkably quickly, especially considering that they were still in middle school.

Sometimes even when you live through something, it can be hard to see it for what it is. Reporter Katie Worth has a story about a 7th-grader in that position.

Leo’s family moved away from Rochester, NY, leaving behind all of Leo's friends and stranding him in a new — and in his opinion, much worse — middle school. (10 minutes)

Ira talks with comedian Rob Delany, who suffered the worst kind of loss a parent can endure — the death of his two-year-old son, Henry. Rob describes what his grief has been like and what he’s learned from it.

A beloved drawing goes missing from Mr. Ablao’s third grade classroom.

Linda Lutton and her eleven year old daughter Pirecua explain what happened the year Pirecua begged for a gift that she turned out to be allergic to. Linda is a reporter at our home station, WBEZ Chicago.

Writer Emily Flake’s young daughter tries to make up her mind about whether or not she has a crush on a boy in her class.

Producer Neil Drumming looks into two videos he found on YouTube—one that takes place in Atlantic City, another in Brooklyn—that deal with the trouble kids face walking home from school.

Stephanie Foo talks to a father trying to go about his day while his daughter comes to him over and over, with some things on her mind.

Producer Robyn Semien captures a special morning for her five-year-old son, Cole, who is doing something delightful for the very first time: he’s getting to ride the school bus.

An endocrinologist wrote the show about a wave of parents coming to her to treat their short (but otherwise healthy) children with human growth hormone. Contributor Scott Brown investigates.

Producer David Kestenbaum explains how teachers at his sons’ preschool installed a “tattle phone” where kids could register their complaints about each other. David rigged it up to record those complaints and document the unfairnesses of preschool.