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KEHOE: Make Space for Future Generations

KEHOE: Make Space for Future Generations

By Sam Kehoe February 14, 2020

A new question raised by the ecological crisis is whether climate change should dissuade people from bringing children into the world. The Sierra Club recently published a piece on choosing to be a parent...

MAGGIE FOUBERG THE HOYA | A report by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families found that approximately half of uninsured children live in Texas, Florida, California, Georgia, Arizona and Ohio.

More US Children Lack Health Insurance, Report Shows

By Joshua Gienapp November 15, 2019

Four hundred thousand U.S. children lost their health insurance from 2016 to 2018, pushing the total number of uninsured children to over four million, according to a report published by the Georgetown...

STORY MEDIA GROUP | Childrens media have begun to incorporate a wide array of voices across gender and sexuality spectra, normalizing these identities for their young audiences.

Children’s Media Start Embracing Diverse, Queer Storytelling

By Kirsten Garino October 31, 2019

When ABC’s “Modern Family” introduced an LGBTQ family as a regular feature of the series 10 years ago and became one of the first shows on broadcast television to do so, only 3% of scripted characters...

People You Meet On Planes

People You Meet On Planes

By Sydney Bolling and Sydney Bolling August 6, 2014

As the summer is winding down (I know, I can’t believe it’s already August), many of you are probably getting ready for your last weekend away, or maybe returning home after a long vacation. Either...

The iPad Wars: Fighting for Kids’ Attention

By Laura Wagner June 30, 2014

Rolling vineyards surround us. Palm trees stand like sentries by the driveway. The crystalline sea hides, just visible on the horizon. And a battle rages. It is a fight played out daily in this idyllic...

Trick-or-Treat Comes to Copley Lawn

By Kit Clemente November 1, 2013

While some students put the finishing touches on their costumes and prepared to partake in Halloween festivities, others extended the Halloween spirit to children of the greater Georgetown community at...

An Education

By Nicole Jarvis November 9, 2012

I t’s Monday morning, and Zach Ashenfarb (COL ’15) is sitting in a too-small chair in a classroom at Beers Elementary School in Anacostia. Across from him sits Robert, a third grader struggling to...

For Children-in-Residence, Campus Is a Playground

By Heather Flynn February 6, 2012

For most children, college is at most a vague, unfamiliar concept. But for the children of the faculty- and chaplains-in-residence at Georgetown, this college campus is a warm home. About 13 children...

Caregivers Find Solace, Support Through Med School Program

By Marissa Brogger September 20, 2011

When Derrick Philson was first asked to participate in a support group for male caregivers of disabled children, he was reluctant to get involved. After Philson's daughter was seriously injured in...

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