What are the biggest environmental threats to children?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Sandra Steingraber, author of Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis. She says "our children face an environment more threatening to their health than any generation in history." She focuses on everyday hazards in our lives and explores the connections between parenting and policy-making. How do we relate environmental crisis to family life? And what are some solutions? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sandra Steingraber, author of Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis

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Are parents ruining youth sports?

Have you been to a youth sports tournament lately? Did you play sports as a kid? Have you ever seen parents screaming from the sidelines? On the next Your Call, we look at the social cost of youth sports. As the business of youth sports has grown, so have the stakes of the game. Are we letting our kids just play? Or have we become so invested that we micromanage play time and care too much about whether our 6, 7 and 8-year-olds are winning? Is it time to re-think our attitude toward children and their sporting events? It's Your Call with me, Holly Kernan, and you.

Guests:
Regan McMahon, author of Revolution in the Bleachers: How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone Crazy Over Youth Sports. She's also a frequent contributor to the SF Chronicle and the mother of two kids. She lives in Oakland.

Eric Sippel, President of East Bay United Soccer Club

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