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with matching funding by the Ann Burnett and Charles D. Tandy Foundation, the Aimanjee Carter Foundation, the Southwestern Bell Foundation, and the Community Trust of Metropolitan Tarrant County. Additional funding for the Family Project's A Better Childhood Quiz was provided by the Baylor University Medical Center Foundation. Today's children are our future, but how well is our community taking care of them? A Better Childhood Quiz. Part of Kehemi and KDTN's continuing commitment to the family. With hosts, Bob Rae Sanders and Marla Crockett.
Hello, I'm Bob Rae Sanders. And I'm Marla Crockett. Tonight we're going to ask you 30 questions that will test your knowledge of how well our community cares for its children. The children we're talking about are not the ones who usually get a lot of media attention. They're not pregnant on drugs or in jail. They're infants and toddlers, children six years old, and under. Our questions are about things like nutrition, childcare, education, and child abuse. The answers can be disturbing, because sometimes it seems that our society doesn't value the lives of its children very much. But this program is about hope and change, because there are lots of people in our area who are working with young children. Giving them the kind of care early in life that will help them to succeed later on. Join us.
Get a pencil and a sheet of paper. Take the quiz, and then take action. We'll let you know how. But first, we'd like you to meet some of the children whose own hopes and dreams lie at the center of our program. When you grow up, you get to do lots of things that you don't get to do when you're small. You see, I want to be a football player. I want to be a scientist. I want to be a nurse. I want to be a karate teacher. I would like to work in a bank. I want to be an archaeologist. No, I want to be a basketball player, man. A lot of bad things can happen to you. You can get hurt and hurt in some kind of way, and you can also get killed. I have to lock the door because maybe Robert will go get in and shut down windows, really, in time. I'm going to get married and I'm going to have my gun and attic and lock the door in a 30-key way.
If I were president, I would stop all the wars and all the polluting. I would stop the littering and all the robbing and the killing. I want anybody dying. When you get older, you have to play taxes and stuff like that. I couldn't have my own house, and I can make a family, and I can have fun with my kids. I'd like them to have a nice world, not polluted with all the gas, the oil spills and gas and things around them. I would like them to have that. Do you think they'll have a world like that? Maybe Sunday, maybe, but I don't know. Every child deserves a chance to succeed in life, and most of us believe that we live in a society that gives them that chance.
But do American children enjoy the best care in the world? How do we compare with other countries? Immunization rates are a good measure of care. Vaccines are relatively cheap and easy to administer, and diseases like polio have practically disappeared in most developed countries. Let's start the quiz then, with a question about vaccination. The United States polio vaccination rate of 95 percent ranks it where among the world's nations. A, first, B, sixth, or C, 15th. The answer is C, 15th. While 95 percent might seem pretty good, according to the Children's Defense Fund, 14 other countries do it better. And our polio vaccination rate of non-white children is only 82 percent.
That ranks us 49th, behind Albania, Botswana, Tunisia, and Sri Lanka. Experts say that another good indicator of concern for children is a concern for the health of pregnant women. How are we doing in that category? Well, that's our second question. Which of these countries does not provide government-sponsored medical care and financial assistance to all pregnant women? A, Canada, B, the United States, C, Israel, or D, Algeria, B. The United States does not, but 70 other countries around the world do. We asked some people who work with family issues about American public policy and children. Well, I think it's a matter of priorities, and I think that youth and children do not have the same lobbying and advocacy efforts as other special interest groups do for other programs.
In fact, this is part of a long-standing tradition of on-again, off-again, inconsistent kind of support in this country. It reflects, in part, our ambivalence and our own inconsistency in our thinking about children, particularly children of other people, children, not our own. We ought to take a developmental attitude, I think, about children, not a lazy fair attitude. We ought to be concerned about their health and their education and their development. While the United States, as a whole, might not rank very high when it comes to taking care of its children, we wondered how well Texas children are doing. The Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington, D.C., ranked the states in categories such as infant mortality and child poverty. How well did we do?
Take a guess with question number three. Where does Texas rank among the states in providing for the well-being of children? A, 18th, B, 35th, or C, 50th? The answer is B. Texas ranked 35th overall. We didn't come in last, but we did even worse than 35th in some categories. Texas came in 43rd in child poverty, with one in four Texas children living below the poverty line. The fact that perhaps some of the viewers will be able to say, well, I have my own OBGYN and I have my own pediatrician. That's real nice, but the bulk of children who live in urban areas and the bulk of women who are pregnant in urban areas, go without medical care and without adequate support and without insurance. How about children in our own area? Are they doing any better than the state as a whole?
Well, the Tarant County Health Department compared their infant mortality rates to our overall state average and sent us our next question. The chance of a black infant in Fort Worth dying is A, less than the state average? B, the same as the state average? Or C, three times the state average? C, the answer is three times the state average. An African-American baby born in Fort Worth has a three in 100 chance of dying before his or her first birthday. And when you look at all infants born in Fort Worth, the mortality rate is still 50% higher than the state average. We talked to Nick Curry, Director of the Fort Worth and Tarant County Health Departments. The infant mortality is a major problem because of our high teenage pregnancy rate in Fort Worth. We have the highest teenage pregnancy rate of any city in the state. But going beyond that, infant mortality is a problem of poverty.
It's a problem of lack of hope. So it's just not a medical problem. We have to look much further back into education of these individuals into setting up a system that gives them hope beyond the place where they start their lives. And a system that somehow helps them get out of that situation in which they begin. How well are we taking care of children in Dallas? Dr. Charles Haley of the Dallas County Health Department set us a question that asks us to remember last year's measles epidemic. It's question number five. What percentage of Dallas County residents who caught measles in last year's epidemic were under the age of five? A, 20%, B, 35%, or C, 60%. The answer is C, 60%. That's about 1,500 children who caught an entirely preventable disease. We're doing very well at immunizing school age children. In fact, children can't go to school without being immunized over 99.9% of them are immunized.
The problem is getting the vaccine to children before they start school. Many parents wait until the deadline of school before they get their children immunized. You know, 10 years ago, measles epidemics were considered unthinkable. And yet we're seeing them all over the country today. I hope that 10 years from now, people won't be saying the same thing about polio. A lot of children may not be getting the care they need, but the news isn't all bad. We have made improvements. The infant mortality rate in Texas isn't good, but it is 25% better than it was 10 years ago. And we didn't have a measles outbreak in Dallas this year. It just shows that we can do better when we try. A focused government policy can help, but how strong is our government's commitment to children?
That's a good question, Bob Ray, and its question number six. Two are false. Federal support of children's programs in the 1980s increased in line with other budget items. The answer is false. For example, spending for science, space, and technology increased 66% for defense 35%. But for children's programs, spending increased by less than 10%. The fact of the matter is that we've known about the crisis of children and the crisis of families for a long, long time now. Still not doing anything about it. So I really don't know what it will take. If we become the worst nation in the world, will that do it? I don't know. Political priorities change with the times, but children's needs don't. Next, we're going to take a look at what children need most. And what they need is you. Tonight, we're going to do something different, recalling you to action. And all you have to do is pick up the phone.
Help us make a difference. We'll show you how. In a few moments. Hello, I'm Bill Moyers. If we face the problems of children when they're young, we automatically increase their chances for a better future. By becoming involved in your community and volunteering just a little of your time, you can directly help these children succeed in life. The future life you save will be theirs and ours, because our future is in their hands and their future is in ours. Now here's how you can be a part of the solution. Hello, I'm Susan Harmon, Vice President of Administration and Radio here at KERAKDTN. And in just a moment, we'll return to the second portion of a better childhood quiz, which continues to look at the needs of young children and how we as a community are addressing them. We're here in the studio tonight to do something very different.
First of all, we are not here to ask you for money. We're here to ask you to give a little of your time in order to help children have a better life here in North Texas. You can do that in two ways. You can volunteer at different organizations, which provide services for children throughout the Metroplex. Whether it's being a teacher's aid, helping with mailings, working on summer programs or special holiday programs, helping with food distribution or sorting clothing, those are just a few. Or you can speak up on behalf of children by writing letters through educating the public or even working within the court system itself. And of course, you can do both if you like. Now, throughout the evening, we will show you some examples of programs and volunteers that are making a difference. But the important thing is to ask that you get involved. Take action and we'll make it very easy. All you have to do tonight is call 8-7-1-9013 or 1-800-779-KERA, and tell us you'd like to volunteer. Now, let me tell you first that we started our volunteer effort for a better childhood here in North Texas this morning on our Sister Public Radio Station, KERA 90.1.
So far, we have raised 46,000 hours of volunteer time for children and families in this area. Over 300 people have called. So tonight, we're very hopeful that as you watch the quiz, as you find out more information with Bob Ray and Marla Crockett, that you will come forward and volunteer your time to make a difference here in North Texas. You can decide how much time you'd like to give, whether it's one hour a week, three hours a week, or six hours a week, or maybe you'd like to volunteer for a block of time that can give you some, that you can give some time during the next year. Whatever works in your schedule, there's a time and place for everyone, no matter how large or small. Now, we also have a special offer for everyone who calls in and volunteers tonight. We'll send you breakfast for two, a coupon at La Madeline's French Bakery and Cafe, so generously offered by owner Patrick Esquere. This is his way of getting involved, supporting our unique and ambitious effort today at K-E-R-A-K-D-T-N. He also, as many of you know, donates fresh food to the Food Bank of Greater Terran County and the North Texas Food Bank through the La Madeline Food Bank Foundation.
So take advantage of this thank you incentive and you're on your way to helping children. During this first break, we'd like to introduce you to two of our partners in this community outreach project from Dallas and Fort Worth, and as we do, please remember to call and be part of the solution. Our first partner is from the Dallas Volunteer Center, and here is Richie Meyer, who will introduce her to you. Richie? Thank you very much, Susan. I'd like you to meet Julie Thomas, who's Executive Director of the Volunteer Center. Julie, how are you and your Volunteer Center involved in this project? We will be calling all of the volunteers who choose to call in tonight. We will call them back within the next couple of weeks and make sure that they are happily placed with an agency that serves children. And why is volunteering so very, very important now?
Well, you know, Richie, you cannot institutionalize change in the life of a child. It takes people working with those children one-on-one. Well, now, a lot of people of volunteers, as you heard so far, actually, how much is one hour of volunteering worth in dollars? It's very valuable. According to the independent sector, which is an organization that monitors giving and volunteering in the United States, each hour of volunteer time is worth more than $10. Well, that's wonderful. And I wanted to thank you, Julie, and the Volunteer Center for participating tonight. And thank you very much, and we're going to enjoy working with you on this project. Thank you, Richie. Now, back to Susan. And the number to call is 8-7-1-9013 or 1-800-779-K-E-R-A. You are giving your time when you call that number. And thanks very much to Richie Meyer and Julie Thomas. Now, as you've seen in this program, early attention to the life of a child is critical. Now, why? That's because that is the time we have the greatest leverage. That's when we can do the greatest good for the smallest level of investment.
Studies show that if kids don't get proper developmental skills by age six, they simply can't succeed. And what better time than now? The numbers are on the screen. All you have to do is let us know how many hours a week you'd like to volunteer, whether it's one or two or three or six hours a week, however many. And you can also volunteer a block of time. Now, maybe you'd like to spend some of your vacation time volunteering or if you're a school teacher, maybe you can do work on some summer programs. We've already today at K-E-R-A-90.1 heard from some school teachers who said, I'm just looking for something to do this summer. This is a great one-stop shopping way of my getting connected with services that I can provide to children and families. And remember, in just a few minutes, we'll be going back to the Better Childhood Quiz. So keep your pencil and paper ready to continue learning about the needs of children. Right now, remember that anyone who volunteers will also get a breakfast coupon for two to La Madelaine's French Bakery and Cafe here in North Texas. We'll also send you in your confirmation packet the answers to the ABC quiz, which you're watching tonight here on Channel 13.
It's just our way of saying thanks for getting involved. Keep in mind, we're not asking you for money. This is not a K-E-R-A pledge drive. We're asking you for your time and commitment. Show that you care for the children in our community and that you want all children from every economic and ethnic background to succeed in life. Please call us right now. Now, I'd like to introduce you to another of our partners who can tell you how fort worth is helping children and how you can do the same. Here's Richie Meyer, Richie. Thank you, Susan. I'm here with Marty Leonard, who's chair of the Better Childhood Task Force and the Turn County Youth Collaboration. Can you tell me, Marty, what the ABC Task Force and the TC Youth Collaboration, I was able to get it out. What do they do? It's a Better Childhood Task Force and Turn County Youth Collaboration. There are two separate agencies in Fort Worth, both trying to improve the life for our kids in our county. And how is Fort Worth involved in this project? Well, we were actually asked to be a resource for this program tonight, as a matter of fact, and then we're following up with volunteers here ourselves tonight.
That's fabulous. But you know, Fort Worth has two wonderful infant programs that seem to be really addressing the infant mortality crisis in Fort Worth. I was wondering if you could tell us a little bit about those programs and how volunteers can actually help in them. Well, one of them is our infant tracking program, which they go into the hospitals and identify these low-birthweight babies. And then volunteers are used after that to follow these babies on to make sure that they are developmentally well. And then we have another one called the infant formula program. And it's the emergency assistance program in the house and one of our churches there. And it's a totally volunteer program. So volunteers are needed to help with the clients there as well. And I can't imagine anything more satisfying than maybe having a mother come in with a hungry baby and be able to give them an instant formula. Oh, absolutely. Now, you're a volunteer yourself. You've been one for many years now. I want to know how long you've been a volunteer, but why you do it? Why is it important? I've been a volunteer for as long as I knew what volunteering meant, which is all my adult life. And I do it because I care.
I care about my fellow human being and particularly kids. All of us, every adult has been a kid once. And I want all of our kids to have the same opportunities for a productive and happy life. And I want to do everything I can to help that happen. Well, we appreciate everything that you do for Fort Worth and also for the community at large. And thank you very much for participating with our family project, Marty Lemnick. Thank you. And here's Susan. Thank you, Richie. And just a couple of minutes will return to Marla Crockett and Bob Rae Sanders for the next segment of the quiz. So stay tuned. Now, at the Chance Center in Dallas, they have a welcome baby program, which provides emotional and educational support at no charge to new mothers through the work of trained volunteers. So you can see that there are many organizations doing work here in Dallas, Fort Worth, and many ways in which to meet the needs of young children, even infants. Some child care centers can use volunteers just to hold and rock infants, which is so important to the development of the child. There are many ways that you can help simply call us and volunteer your time in this very unique effort that we're conducting here at KERA.
Call 871-9013 or toll-free 1-800-779-KERA. Remember, we're asking you to get involved in two ways by helping organizations who provide services to children or, secondly, speaking out on behalf of children. And thirdly, of course, you can do both. Now, one way of speaking out is by getting involved in local and national organizations that provide information to the public and our legislatures on family and children's needs and how we can address them, whether it's daycare poverty, child abuse, or the homeless, will tell you more about that throughout the evening. Now, remember, when you call, it's very easy. All we're asking tonight is that we take your name and address, how you'd like to volunteer, the amount of time you'd like to give. We have already received over 2,000 hours in this first break pledge, 2350 to be exact. That's a great start. We appreciate your participation. I know you're going to learn a tremendous amount tonight watching the program. Stay tuned and call in and be part of the solution. The Mayors in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Denton have proclaimed today a better childhood day because of this project. We hope you will join us in this important effort to secure the future for the children here in our community.
Thank you for caring. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. Welcome to part 2 of a better childhood quiz. In this section of the quiz, we're going to be talking about the kinds of things children need to succeed in life. And while there's a whole lot we don't know, we're learning more all the time. We're going to start with the basic subject. It's about food. A recent study by the Food Research and Action Council in Washington, D.C., found that at least five and a half million American children are not getting enough to eat. Six million more are at risk and the trend is getting worse. Question number seven brings us a little closer to home. How many children go to bed hungry in Dallas and Tarrant counties every night? A. 50,000. B. 138,000. Or C. Don't know. C. We don't know.
Well, I think what it tells me is that maybe we don't want to know how many children are going to bed hungry. Maybe we don't really want to know what the extent of this problem is in our county. This is information that we really need to have. We don't have resources to serve every single hungry child, unfortunately. And we need to be able to use our resources to target the need to those who really truly need the programs the worst. But we don't have that information. The federal food stamp program was designed to fight hunger by helping poor families by food. Our next question is based on information provided by Dallas County Human Services. Food stamps provide a single parent with three children about how much money per meal. A. $2.80 per person. B. $1.75 per person. Or C. $0.92 per person. The answer is C. $0.92 per person. The amount of food stamps also of a family receives through the month is not going to be adequate.
And what will happen in those circumstances, the wage earner of the household, which normally too may be minimum wage. And even two minimum wage family is still not going to be sufficient if they have two or three or four children. And that then the need for food assistance is going to create pressures and tension among the family that's going to generate other problems and therefore other services are needed to address those as well. It's very shocking to me that there are so many hungry children at this day and age because these are the children that are going to grow and run the country. You pass that to Edwin. Some of the things we should be concerned about, the effects of hunger on children would be iron deficiency anemia, irritability, aggressive behavior and just not properly grow and develop both mentally and physically due to lack of nutrition. I think what we need in this country is a greater sense of community and recognize that we're in this thing together and that we do have to be concerned about other people's children or it's going to diminish our quality of life.
While millions of children don't get enough to eat, many more don't eat properly. Our next group of questions will test how much you know about young children and nutrition. Here's question number nine. True or false? Children should eat only three meals a day. False. Experts say that young children should not be made to conform to adult eating schedules. Growing bodies need the energy provided by frequent, nutritious snacks. Here's a related question. True or false? Children should eat what adults eat, just smaller portions. The answer is false. Many times adults don't eat nutritionally balanced meals themselves.
If the parent eats a fairly balanced diet, a diet with variety, high fiber, low fat, lots of fresh green vegetables, citrus fruit, then that's fine. If the parent does not eat a balanced diet, then that's something the parents need to learn about so that they can provide the children with the nutrients that they do need. Most of us know that too much fat in our diets isn't good for us. And young children are no exception. An alarming number have been found to have the beginning signs of heart disease. Our next question comes from the children's medical center of Dallas. At what age should a child begin drinking low fat milk? A, six months, B, two years, or C, five years. The answer is B. Children should drink whole milk until they reach two, then switch to low or nonfat milk. Children at this age really need the fat that's in milk because it serves as a medium for fat soluble vitamins.
And it really helps build the nervous system which has a direct relationship to learning later on down the road. School nurses see a lot of health problems which stem from a poor diet. And adults are sometimes surprised to find that nutritious food and learning ability go hand in hand. Let's take a look at question number 12. The preschoolers diet is most likely to be deficient in A, iron, B, calcium, or C, vitamin C. The answer is A, iron. There is a lack in the diet that these children receive of organ meats and green vegetables, especially green leafy vegetables, that would supply them with the iron that they need for their physiological development to take place. And that in turn creates difficulty in their learning processes. Experts say that physical health, mental health, and educational development are all interrelated. We've seen how diet affects educational performance. Here's a question about learning that comes from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Which of the following is essential for the intellectual development of preschool age children, A, a secure and affectionate environment, B, age appropriate workbooks, or C, learning to recite the alphabet? The answer is A, a secure and affectionate environment. Educators say that preschool children learn best when they are able to play and explore their world without feeling afraid or unloved. We asked Fort Worth Education Specialist Dr. Margaret Puckett why workbooks and reciting the ABCs are less correct answers for this age group. I like to say young children learn on their feet, not their seats, and workbooks, and dedo sheets, and paper pencil tasks have a tendency to keep children on their seats too long. They use abstract thinking skills as opposed to concrete ones, which are too advanced for most children. And in my view, we're quite boring.
Studies show that about 3 to 4% of all children are born with mental or physical disabilities. It's important to identify developmental problems as early as possible. But how can we help children with disabilities to succeed in life as they grow older? Here's question number 14. What educational settings are best for children with physical, emotional, or intellectual disabilities? A, a special school for children with similar disabilities. B, places where children without disabilities are also found. Or C, hospitals. The answer is B, places where children without disabilities are also found. Experts say the disabled children who are placed with other non-disabled children early in life show improved attitudes and better social development. If we separate out the emotionally disturbed child continually from the child that's normal, what we are doing is saying to that child, you've got to learn appropriate ways to behave, appropriate ways to fit into society by practicing with other emotionally disturbed children. Our next question is about self-esteem. It's considered an essential ingredient for success in life.
But how can we help young children develop a high sense of self-esteem? Take a guess with our next question. A child comes home with a picture she has drawn in class. Which is the best response? A, I'm so proud of you. You're such a good artist. B, I like it. But I'd like to know what you think of it. Or C, it's wonderful. Let's put it on the fridge. The answer is B, I like it. But I'd like to know what you think of it. Praise is important, but experts say that children build self-esteem when they're encouraged to develop their own standards. I think it's important when you're looking at developing a child's self-esteem and self-worth that you do two things. One, you acknowledge what you actually see in the child's picture. That you say, this looks nice or I like the colors. And that you're honest. And the other thing is you want to encourage the child to do some critical thinking about his or her performance. What did you like about it? What did you not like about it? Let's face it, children's needs aren't surprising. Nutricious food, health care, a safe, loving environment, and opportunities to play and learn.
You can help our community meet those needs for all of our children. We're going to show you how. But first we'd like to take you to a very special preschool. It's a place where all the needs of a young child can be met under one roof. The idea sounds new, but it isn't. It's called Head Start. Morning comes brightly for these four and five-year-olds that the Margaret Cone Center in Southeast Dallas. There in Head Start, a program for low-income children that's been around since Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty began in 1968. Head Start invests in children before they reach the first grade. But it's not just about school. At Head Start, every day includes a nutritious breakfast and a hearty lunch.
Every child gets regular health in dental care. And the classroom activities teach children that learning is fun. As a government program, Head Start is paid for by taxes, but locally based Texas Instruments decided to contribute even more. You need to ride there and make us a touch down, okay? They gave the Cone Center a grant that allows them to have their own full time on-site staff. We felt if we could develop a model that would work with the most economically underprivileged children that we have in our society, that is found to work in spades anywhere else. There are 20 other Dallas County Head Start centers that have to share health care specialists and other staff members. And the program's limited budget means that at least 10,000 eligible children in the county can't get in. That's 10,000 children who won't get help in beating the odds that they'll become part of tomorrow's dropout statistics. If you walk through this Head Start Center statistically without this Head Start program, about 35% of those children, which is about 20 or 25 children, will never get through high school. That's what the statistics tell you.
I defy you to walk through that center and tell me which 25 or 30 or so children won't make it through. They're not any really that can't. Every single one of those kids can. Leave me yourself and you'll have that dream come true. Hello, I'm Mr. Peppermint. As you've seen in this program, early attention to the needs of a child is critical, but not all children can get the attention they need at home. That's where you can help by giving just a little of your time and talent to children's organizations in our community.
By reaching a child when they are young, we can do the greatest good for the smallest investment. With or without you, children will grow up with you. They'll have a better chance to succeed. So please get involved now while there's still time. Hello, I'm Susan Harmon, Vice President of Administration of Radio here at KERAKDTN, and in just a moment we'll return to a better childhood quiz, which we'll look at the issues facing child care in our community. So stay tuned for the important next segment. Right now we're asking you to give just a little of your time to help children succeed in life, and it's really very simple. All you have to do is pick up the phone and call us and make the commitment, and then the Dallas or Fort Worth Volunteer Center will contact you in two to three weeks and match your skills up with an agency or an organization that's helping children and families here in North Texas. Now I must tell you first off and so that we're all real clear about this. We're not asking you for money. We want you to help in a very different way, and that is to give of yourself.
Now so far we have accumulated 63,000 hours of volunteer time today between our effort on KERAK90.1 radio and also tonight in the first break. People called in 18,000, 18,000 hours worth of volunteer time in that first break. So we hope that you will join other friends and neighbors throughout this area that are prepared to make a difference on behalf of children and families in this community. Tonight we'll also send you a breakfast for two coupon to La Madeline's French Bakery and Cafe. All of you who call in and make a volunteer commitment will get that breakfast coupon. It's just a little extra incentive from our friends at La Madeline to say thank you for making this commitment tonight. Now you can do the call in two ways. One is by volunteering at different organizations that provide services for children throughout the Metroplex. And you just saw an example of one organization that really addresses the needs of the whole child, the Margaret Cohn Head Start program. There are 18 Head Start programs in Dallas and 11 centers in Fort Worth. They all use volunteers as teachers' aids in the classroom to help serve snacks, to read to the children. And they can also use your professional skills in their main office, such as accounting or working on the computer.
They can even use help spreading gravel on the playground. So there are lots of ways to provide services to children and families. The second way you can get involved is by speaking up on behalf of children by writing letters to legislatures through educating the public or even working within the court system itself. And of course you can choose to do both if you like. Throughout the evening, we'll show you some examples of programs and volunteers that are making a difference in the lives of children. The important thing we ask tonight is that you take action, that you get involved. We've made it very easy. All you have to do is call one of those numbers on the screen. You can decide how much time you'd like to give, whether it's one hour a week, three hours a week, or six hours a day, or maybe you'd like to just volunteer for a block of time that you can give some time during the next year. Today, we've heard from teachers and accountants and people who want to help in all sorts of ways. Gardeners have called civic people who do other things that wanted to make an additional campaign pledge in this one day volunteer effort on behalf of children and families.
And now here is Sylvia Kamatsu, vice president for television programming. And she's going to tell you more about how we can make a difference. Sylvia. Thank you so much, Susan. First of all, in this break alone, we've had almost 900 hours of volunteer. That's absolutely fabulous. And the phones are really ringing. So if you get a busy signal, remember, please keep calling. We do have volunteers standing by to take your call. Now, you may be asking yourself, why should I volunteer? Why should I care about what happens to children, especially since you may not have any of your own? The consequences of hunger, sickness, and neglect don't end with the child in question. They affect our entire society. We see the results and increase taxes, higher crime, and slower economic development. It's time we started caring about what happens to other people's children as well as our own. We also need to take action as individuals and as a community to ensure that all children get the services they need and that those services are sufficiently funded and comprehensive in scope.
But we can't do it without you. However you choose to get involved, you will be helping not only a child's future, but your own. You'll also get the immediate payback of personal satisfaction from helping a child in need. Sometimes all a child needs is a positive, nurturing role model for children. Many agencies also say they need in particular positive male role models. Volunteering is not just women's work as it may have been at one time. Men are needed just as much, whether it's being a friend to a child or helping pick up and deliver furniture to homes for battered women and children. There are a few organizations that are helping meet needs of families and children in one place. One that's been around for a long time and is continually growing is the Salvation Army. Watch this to see how they're making a difference and how you or your company can get involved. My name is Kimberly Allen and I'm the volunteer coordinator for the Carpey Collins Facility, the largest Salvation Army in the United States located right here in Dallas. This facility houses and feeds over 500 clients and we do what's known as soup soap and salvation.
Many of those clients are children and they're staying here with either their mother or their mother and their father. They could be living in a domestic violence area, they could be homeless children, they could be children and a whole family that's residing here while they get back on their feet. But for whatever reason that they stay here, they'll be here for a length of time. The children have many, many needs and you can benefit them in many ways. Whether you actually sit down with the children and feed them, especially the infants and toddlers, helping us to code them by sorting clothing or sitting down and tutoring those children, we need your help. You can also help those children by working with us in the office areas. So however you choose to donate your time, we can use as much of it as you can give. We just ask that you donate maybe once a week, three hours at a time is sufficient to aid one child. You can work with children of any age level or any race and deal with children on a variety of educational levels. So we need help in literacy and we need help in crafts. Whether you're a senior citizen and working with the foster grandparents program of Dallas or working with the corporation, we can need you as groups or individuals.
I'm here in the studio with Marty Miller, a volunteer at the Child Study Center in Fort Worth. Marty, can you give us some background about the Child Study Center? What exactly does it do? The Child Study Center is a facility that's been in Fort Worth for over 25 years that is considered a special place for special children. They can meet the needs of children ranging from delayed learning to speech problems, hearing problems. Any type of problem that a child has, they can go to the Child Study Center to have it analyzed and told what kind of help is available. And as a volunteer, what do you do there? I work in a preschool class. Actually, it's a first grade class. I go in once a week to help as a teacher's aid. The class has about nine children in it and they just all need a little bit of extra encouragement. They maybe have some delayed learning problems.
And they're just neat kids and so it's fun to work with them. And what could other people do if they wanted to volunteer there? Okay. The range is great. There's, like we have the teachers' aids, they need people that can help in the office with mailings. They need people to answer the phones. They have a snack bar that people can work at it. They also have what they call the Calico Kitchen, which people can bake cakes, which are given to donors and people that have helped the Child Study Center. So in other words, no matter what your background, you can help there at the Child Study Center. Exactly. There's just all kinds of needs and they have a wonderful volunteer director that if you give him a call, she'll just find a place that you can help out. That's great. And Marty, how long have you been volunteering and what difference has it made in your life?
I've been there six years. We moved to Fort Worth about eight years ago and I had the need to be involved with children and the Child Study Center was just a wonderful place for me. I felt like I could maybe help some children, but in return, I've just been given so much and they really appreciate the help that we can give. Well, thank you so much for being with us here tonight and back to you, Susan. Oh, it's okay. Let's see. We are still here and remember those numbers to call are 8-7-1-9013 or you can call 1-800-779-K-E-R-A. Thank you for being a part of a better childhood quiz and thank you for caring enough about the well-being of our community, young people, to volunteer your time. Their future depends on us and our future depends on them. Your participation will help ensure a better tomorrow for all of us. North Texas, thanks for caring. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee-owned company.
Welcome to part 3 of a better childhood quiz. We're going to be talking about child care. More and more families today need two incomes to get by. And poor child support collection efforts have pushed many single mothers below the poverty line. The American family is struggling to cope with the changing world. How fast is it changing? Our next question comes from the Child Study Center in Fort Worth. True or false? By the year 2000, 80 percent of American children will have mothers in the workforce. True. More than 50 percent of children today have working mothers and experts predict this will rise to 80 percent by the end of the decade. I think the increased labor force participation of women is the most important labor market development of this century.
And it's not going to be reversed. Now, what should our policy be with respect to that? What seems to be our policy ought to be to recognize that reality and help women in their dual roles as workers and mothers. There's been quite a lot of public debate over mothers in the workforce. And some have seen the trend as a threat to family stability. Lots of studies have been done, but the debate is far from over. A study has just been released looking at the lives of 1,300 Michigan children over a period of 20 years. The results of the study formed the basis of question number 17. According to the study, which of the following did not increase the likelihood of a child dropping out of high school? A. Experiencing poverty and welfare. B. Having a mother who works. Or C. Moving the location of residents. The answer is B. Working mothers were in fact found to have had a positive influence. Many were seen as good role models.
Moving turned out to have a negative impact, especially on young children and teenagers. The studies results are far from conclusive, but the point is that it's easy to make false assumptions about what's best for children when we really don't know as much as we ought to. With most discussions of daycare, the issues are very often miscast. What's really an issue of poverty, of adequacy, of income, of adequacy, of child support, of adequacy, of good quality daycare? Is often considered to be a problem of daycare alone or a problem of women working? One thing we do know is that working parents have to find some kind of child care, and that brings up our next question. Two are false. Daycare centers are the type of child care used most by working parents. False. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, daycare centers are used by only 24% of working parents. So what do the rest of us do for child care?
Well, 24% of us leave children at home with a relative. 7% leave them at home with another person. 13% take children to a relative's home, and 22% take them to someone else's house. Only 10% are able to care for their children at work. The very first day I dropped her off. She was two months old, and I was petrified, and it was my first day going back to work after being gone for three months, and it was horrible. I haven't even gotten to the door yet, and I was already crying. I didn't think anybody could take care of her as good as I could. It's expensive. It really is. As a single parent, half my salary of a month goes to daycare, and that's quite a chunk. You say yo-yo?
I don't think we have a lot of options as parents or single parents. Say berries? Baby. Baby, good girl. You have to put your trust in people you don't even know to take care of your child, and that's real hard because you don't even know them. 10! Yay! I think about her constantly. I think about well, maybe she fell down while she was playing. One thing I really worry about is that she's getting attention, because I give her a lot of affection, a lot of attention, and I expect somebody to give her as much as I do. Parents who can't rely on relatives or afford to pay someone to come to their home generally choose either daycare centers or family day homes for a child careist provided at the caregiver's house. In Texas, day homes and centers are both licensed by the state, but state licensing requirements cover only health and safety standards. They don't address the quality of care. A accreditation does that. It's a voluntary program that teaches caregivers how to provide the best environment for children to develop in, and it's the subject of question number 19.
What percentage of day homes in the Dallas area are accredited? A, 80 percent, B, 25 percent, or C, 4 percent. The answer is C, 4 percent. For daycare centers, it's 8 percent. Our national child care system is so poor that even with these numbers, the Dallas area leads the nation in accredited day homes and centers. We talked to lowest extra of the child care partnership in Dallas about their effort to accredited child care facilities. It is voluntary and it does require time on the part of the provider to attend training classes to then focus in on her own program and how she can meet the criteria and expand upon that in terms of what she's doing with the children. In a moment, we're going to ask you some questions about how well you think our society takes care of children in need of public services.
First, we'd like to introduce you to some people who care a lot about child care, and then we'd like to invite you to get involved yourself. Can you hug her neck? It's our reset. Okay, is that better now? Taking care of children isn't an easy job, and working parents know that leaving them with someone else isn't any easier. Most day care providers, like most parents, are trained on the job. When children point to something, what do you do? But an accreditation program administered by the child care partnership of Dallas is changing that. The program provides caregivers with over 30 hours of classroom training in early childhood development. So you can see how this can really get children involved. They can talk and they can identify what she's eating, what's good food, what's bad food, what are good things to eat. The training covers things like CPR, nutrition, education, and disciplinary skills.
Okay, here we go. Children benefit directly when day care providers know more about their needs, and parents benefit knowing that their children are better cared for. But accredited caregivers say that they benefit too. For them, knowing more about children is a matter of professional pride. My eyes are sticking right on you. Your standards are up there with those set by a national organization. You have been trained and you know what to do. It just gives you a professional kind of a good housekeeping seal of approval. We have a good child care seal of approval. Hello everyone, I'm Brad Wright. Spending time together with your family is the best thing you can do for your children. Unfortunately, not every child receives that.
Well, now that you've heard some of the problems facing kids today, why not be a part of the solution by giving your time? You're just a phone call away from really making a difference in a child's life. Hello, I'm Susan Harmon, and in just a moment we'll return to a better childhood quiz, which will look at social services and how they are provided for our children. Right now, we ask you to take action to be a part of the solution before it's too late. All you have to do is give a little of your time. A little of your time can make a world of difference to a child in need here in North Texas. Now, we've made it very easy today. It's really one stop shopping here at KERA. Just call the numbers on your screen and you'll make a commitment to volunteer. We're not here to ask you for money. We want you to help in a very different way, and that is to give of yourself. Now, the numbers are 8-7-1-9013 in Dallas or toll free, 1-800-770-KERA outside of Dallas. Now, so far, we've accumulated almost 74,000 hours of time.
Almost over 400 people have called in so far. We very much appreciate their commitment. We're looking forward to your call now as we watch the quiz together, learn about the needs of children here in North Texas, and then also have a part to play, a role to play in making a difference. Tonight we will send a La Madeline's breakfast coupon for two to all of you who call in and make a volunteer commitment, and you can do that in two ways. One is to volunteer at different organizations that provide services for children throughout the Metroplex, and most of these services provide some kind of child care services for children, whether it's being a teachers assistant or helping take kids on field trips, reading stories, or tutoring, or just being a better parent. The second way you can get involved is by speaking up on behalf of children, and that includes writing letters through education of the public, working with the court system, or government legislation. It's basically letting people know that the problems are here and that they can be solved either through independent nonprofit programs, or helping through create much needed public service programs. These are the two ways that you can volunteer, you can give your time as an ongoing commitment, or in a block of time project basis.
Now here is a Sylvia Kamatsu, Vice President for Television Programming, here at KERA with a special guest, Sylvia. Thank you, Susan. I'm here with Becky Sykes, who's the Director of SPEP, and that stands for the Sesame Street Preschool Education Program Initiative. Becky, that's a mouthful. What exactly is SPEP? SPEP is a wonderful new program, Sylvia, from KERA to the community, where we are taking the Sesame Street Program out into child care settings, where the children are. And they are being taught to view the program interactively, and we are teaching reading to children, storybook reading. It's a wonderful program. And we're seeing some video right now. Can you tell us about it? Yes, this is from the Sesame Street Program itself, and this is footage from the Dallas West Chalk Air Center of some children viewing the program, and participating in the music and the dancing of the program. And can you tell us what volunteers can do to help out with the SPEP project?
We can use volunteers to come in and read to the children. We can use volunteers to help train the Chalk Air providers. We can use volunteers to help recruit Chalk Air providers. We have lots of jobs for volunteers. I noticed that we saw some children, for example, listening to stories. People can help out by reading. That sort of thing, working with the children. Exactly. Yes, we would welcome any help we can get. And this project is in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denton. Yes, it is. We have trained Chalk Air providers in all three communities, and we'll be doing more. And can they start right now? Are you ready to take them on? You bet. Right away. We've got a lot of daycare centers up and running, and can use a lot of help. That's great. Well, thank you very much, and back to Susan. Thank you, Sylvia, and SPEP is an innovative way of helping young children develop early learning skills, which will help them have a better chance to succeed in life. All of children's needs are interrelated, and you can help provide them by providing a mature, supportive, nurturing role model, or by working with organizations that provide proper nutrition or health care.
We all need to work together, and we need to take action. Now, many of the people who have called in today so far on radio and television have said that they wanted to get involved, but they just didn't know how. It was hard to connect up with organizations here when there are so many. One of the things we're very proud of today, and this special effort here at KERA, is that it's one stop shopping. You call and make your volunteer commitment, and the volunteer centers in Tarant County and Dallas County will follow through with you. They'll match your skills to those of people providing services to children and families in this area. So all you have to do tonight is make that commitment, and then our partners will take it from there. It's a very trusting relationship that we have with these community partners that is going to make the quality of what you decide tonight really worthwhile, both for yourself in terms of satisfaction and follow through. And also in terms of what you can do, you will be helping not only a child's future, but many other children in this area who will depend on your help you will volunteer with ongoing time or a block of time, and we really appreciate that.
For those of you who work regular business hours, if you don't have a weekday off or mornings or afternoons off, you're really needed even if it's just an hour or two of your time perhaps on the weekend. We're going to try to make this schedule work for whatever needs you have so that you can get involved in the simplest way possible. Keep in mind that we're not asking for your money, we're asking for your time and commitment and your unique talents. So you have the possibility tonight of showing both that you care for the children of North Texas and also sharing your talents. We'll know that you want all children from every economic and ethnic background to succeed in life here. And now we'd like to show you a tape of volunteer who is using her skills to work with children. I think you'll be very interested in this. Take a look. My name is Beverly Harris, and I'm a volunteer worker at the IAM that I am training center. I've been working with the IAM training center for about three years.
It's very interesting how I first heard about the IAM training center. I heard Delores Bill, which is the director, tell on community forum. She began to tell how she volunteered and worked with the abuse and neglected children. And as I listen to this radio program, I thought to myself, that's something really worthwhile. I know today that children, there's so much going on and there's such a need for working with children. And summer was about to approach. And I normally, I'm a first great teacher. I teach at Wilma Elementary School. And I thought, well, that'll be something I can do during the summer. I volunteer my time working with the smaller children with their sounds and phonics and so on. I feel that it's very needful for volunteers to get involved in programs, especially working with children. Children have so many needs in tutoring or whatever we can volunteer. And I have found it to be such a joy just seeing the children grow to see them learn and to see them happy.
And when I come out to greet them at the center, we're just happy being here together. And I like to encourage those of you that are thinking about it or interested, get involved in some type of volunteer program. And you will be glad that you did. Remember, we're asking you to get involved in two ways by helping organizations who provide services to children or by speaking out on behalf of children. One way to speaking out is by getting involved in local and national organizations that inform the public and our legislators about family and children's needs and how we can address them, whether it's hunger, poverty, child abuse, or the homeless. Or you can be a part of one of the many volunteer speakers bureaus that go out and speak to civic organizations, churches, or schools. The organizations provide the necessary training you would need to do this.
Whenever you take a call, we will take down your name and address and how you would like to volunteer. We'll then forward your names to the volunteer centers either in Dallas or Fort Worth, who will contact you with about three or four weeks. There's a place for everyone, but remember, skills and talents are not necessary to volunteer. Many organizations have training programs to develop the special skills they may need. When you do, we'll send you a coupon for breakfast or two of the La Madeleine French Bakery and Cafe. Thank you. We'll be back in just a moment. Thank you for carrying. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. Hello, and thank you for joining us for part four of a better childhood quiz. In this section, we're going to ask you some questions about how well you think we're meeting the needs of children who need help the most. We're talking about poor children. Today, more than 12 million American children live in poverty. More than a million in Texas alone.
Who's affected? Take a look at question number 20. During the past 10 years, which group's poverty rate rose the most? A. White children. B. Black children. Or C. Hispanic children. The answer is A. White children's poverty rate increased 36 percent during the 1980s. For Hispanic children, there was a 31 percent increase. For Black children, 16 percent. But poverty is black and Hispanic children the hardest. 44 percent of African American children are poor. While Hispanic children are only a little better off with 38 percent living below the poverty line, 15 percent of all white children live in poverty. During the early part of the next century, what we call anglos will be a minority of the Texas population. Sometime later in the century, anglos will be a minority of the U.S. population. Most of the growth is going to be minorities. What we now consider to be minorities. We better learn to live with that diversity and see to it that those people are able to support themselves and contribute to the community. I will all be yourself.
The supplemental food program for women, infants and children, or WIC, has been recognized as one of the federal government's most effective family oriented programs. The program serves just 59 percent of eligible mothers and children. And the program is forced to make some hard choices when faced with the reality of an inadequate budget. Our next question is based on WIC regulations. Which of the following is the lowest priority in the federal WIC program? A. Pregnant women. B. Sick infants. Or C. Hungry children. The answer is C. Hungry children are the lowest priority in a program created to help feed them. When a program's budget is too small to meet the need, tragic ironies become part of the system. Hungry children are not as high a priority for us to serve because they don't actually have a nutrition problem or a health problem that would put them at risk. But they may go on to develop iron deficiency or poor growth if we can help them when they're hungry. Texas ranks only 48 among the states in per capita spending on human services.
But how are we doing locally? Here's question number 22. True or false? There are only a few programs in the Dallas Fort Worth area that serve the needs of children. That's false. There are hundreds of government, private and non-profit programs in our area for children. But people who know the systems say that it offers services that are too narrowly defined and too difficult to access. Can you see identification and you please never buy these products? The current system as its employees is one that is really designed to exclude people. It's not one that opens the doors of the state coffers and says, come in for help. It's a system that says everything has to be at its very worst before we intervene. They give you an appointment. You come up here. You have to sit for a long time, about six or seven hours before they call you. And if you want your kids on it, you have to bring them up here. They have to see the nurse. They take your blood. They wait for your blood to come back and then you have to go in there and talk to them.
Then you have to go in the classroom, see a film, and then they give you cards. But it's an all day job. So it's very chaotic and to walk this field, you have to have a PhD in survival skills to figure out how to access it so your kids can make it. And the result is that the poor women who have the least skills have the greatest demand to figure out how to make the system work. At the beginning of the quiz, we mentioned last year's measles epidemic in Dallas. Our next question about the healthcare system comes from the Dallas County Health Department. What percentage of preschool children who had measles last year in Dallas County had been to a healthcare provider but still did not get immunized? A, 25%, B, 50%, or C, 99%. C, the answer is 99%. Dr. Charles Haley says that missed opportunities and inadequate insurance protection are characteristic of the system.
But right now most health insurance policies do not cover routine immunization for children. We have lots of services in Taranton, Dallas County. One of the problems those services is that we have designed most of them to do one or two things. Either to take care of the indigent that are below the poverty level or to take care of those families that have enough health insurance to meet the cost of the private sector. Now, there's a whole group in between that they can't afford the deductibles on the health insurance. If they have health insurance or their health insurance is not adequate but they are working, they do have a reasonable income so they don't qualify for the poor. Those families are really caught in a crossfire. Officials estimate that more than a quarter million Texas children have severe mental health problems, while many can pay for private treatment, more than 100,000 need public services. But the system isn't working. At least 80,000 children are getting no help at all. Sadly, an emotionally disturbed child without health insurance in Texas often has to get arrested or be certified as a victim of child abuse in order to get help.
But how are younger children with mental health problems cared for by the system? The Tarant County Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation gave us the information for question number 24. What percentage of those receiving public mental health services in Tarant County in 1990 were under the age of 13, A, 10%, B, 5%, or C, less than 1%. The answer is C, less than 1%, help for younger children is hard to get in a system struggling to cope with an overwhelming number of adults and adolescents. I think it's correct to say that the services to children under the age of 13 in the public sector is clearly lacking. I think there's been a recent effort on the part of the legislature to identify that as a problem, and at least last year there was a small amount in the grand scheme of things available to selected sites to begin to develop services in the public sector for children under 13 and under 6, for that matter.
Coming up, some tough questions about one of the most disturbing problems a child can face, child abuse. But first, we'd like to show you an innovative program in Fort Worth that addresses the emotional needs of children. It's an example of how people are working to make a difference. You can too, by volunteering just a little of your time. Stay with us, and we'll show you how. You get upset really easy, or when you get upset, you kind of blow up sometimes. Is that right? Yeah. Yeah. So that's something. There's a place in Fort Worth that takes care of children who've been rejected by everyone else. I get it. They're children with severe emotional and behavioral problems. Most of them, victims of abuse. That's the main issue that we're working on is our boundaries.
The wandering from the room with that permission, climbing through the dorm windows or getting up there and threatening to leave, threatening to run away. You were having a lot of trouble sleeping before, weren't you? One thing I'm hoping that medicine might help you to feel not quite so upset, like you won't feel quite so mad. St. Teresa's home started out as an orphanage 60 years ago, but now it does much more. St. Teresa is a fine example of an organization that approaches rehabilitation of emotionally disturbed children from a multi-disciplinary point of view. And in that approach, they include community resources to include the Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, child protective services, and the local independent school districts. Most of the children here couldn't survive in an ordinary school, so at St. Teresa's, the Fort Worth Independent School District, comes to them. I think the cooperation between Fort Worth University and our Center is especially critical for these children because they get the opportunity to succeed. If they were in some other program, it's very likely they would be thrown out and labeled and would not have this opportunity to get a good foundation and education.
A good family is where they think you have good care and they have a good time and they have a good time at school. We want to provide a safe place for the children in whatever program they're in and even when they're in their families. We support families and believe that the best place for children is in the family whenever possible. I'm Judy Woodrow. Through the help of many organizations throughout your community, children are getting another chance. They've taken the first step. Now all they need is you to help them realize their dreams. A little time can go a long way in someone else's life. Here's how you can give your time.
Simply call those numbers on your screen. Hello, I'm Susan Harmon and in just a moment we'll return to a better childhood quiz which will look at the very serious issue of child abuse. Right now we're asking you to become a part of the system and therefore become a part of the solution to the problems facing today's children. Just call 8-7-1-9013 or 1-800-779-KERA. So far we've accumulated over 85,000 hours of volunteer time. Now keep in mind we're not here to ask you for money but something equally valuable and that's your time. When you call in one of the volunteers will take your name and address and the time that you would like to contribute. Now not only does that time translate to dollars save for many nonprofit agency but it also provides what dollars can't do directly and that's positive human care and support particularly for children who can't get it at home. And tonight we're very proud to offer you two coupons for breakfast, breakfast for two at La Madeline's French Bakery and Cafe. Anyone who calls to make a volunteer commitment will receive the La Madeline's breakfast coupon and also a copy of the ABC quiz with the answers.
Now there are two ways of which you can volunteer. One is by working with those who provide services to families and children throughout the Metroplex. And two is you can get involved by speaking up on behalf of children either through research, writing letters, educating the public and working within the court system or government legislation to help direct public policy towards helping families and children. And of course you can do both of you like. Now throughout the evening we'll show you examples of programs and volunteers that are making a difference. We must remember that the system cannot work by itself. We can make a difference. Now let's go over to Sylvia Komatsu vice president for television programming and her very special guest to tell you more about making a difference. Sylvia. Thank you Susan and I'm here in the studio with Tom Quigley who's the executive director of the better Dallas Community of churches and you're one of our partners. Tom can you tell us what exactly you're doing with this project. We're really glad to be a part of the whole project and support the whole thing, particularly the volunteer commitment. But we're particularly concerned about volunteers who will work as advocates for children and families in the public policy arena.
We're concerned because those who often have a little voice in the halls of power need some people with strong voices. And some people out in the listening viewing audience tonight can volunteer their time to be advocates for children in those halls of power. The fact is that children don't vote and children don't make campaign contributions and children don't hire lobbyists who will care for them and speak out for them. And some of the organizations that people can work with to help make a difference. Could you tell us about some of those? Well, the Children's Defense Fund, the Ecumenical Child Care Network, Interfaith Impact, Texas Impact. These are organizations of both churches and non-church agencies, the PTA at a national level and a state level, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Texas Coalition for the Prevention of Child Abuse, the Texas Alliance for Human Needs, the Texas Homeless Network, UNICEF, the Texas Council on Family Violence. We'll help organizations get in touch with those individuals get in touch with those kinds of organizations where their voice can make a difference.
And of course, it's particularly important with the 1992 elections coming up where people can really make their voice heard. We'll be electing new state legislators, new congressional people, a new president. That's right. And we ought to be asking all of those candidates not just what they say they're going to do for children, but what they really are going to do for children. And what exactly would the volunteers be doing to advocate for children? The typical pattern would be that you would receive a newsletter, perhaps every month or every two months. It would have information about issues affecting the lives of children. And then you'd be encouraged to write to a legislator or to the City Council or county commission. Okay. Well, thank you very much. And back to you, Susan. Thank you, Sylvie. We're moving up on 90,000 hours committed here tonight. So call us and participate. It's time we started caring about what happens to other people's children as well as our own. The consequences of hunger, sickness and neglect don't end with the child in question. They affect our entire society.
We see the results and increase taxes, higher crimes, slower economic development. We also need to take action as individuals and as a community to advocate for children to ensure that all children get the services that they need and that they are sufficiently funded and comprehensive in scope. We can't do this without you. You have a chance to make a difference as a volunteer tonight. Call us at 8-7-1-9013 or toll free 1-800-779-KERA. However, you choose to get involved. You'll be helping not only a child's future, but your own and this communities. You can also gain practical experience and explore new career possibilities for yourself. It's a great way to meet people, share common interests. We believe that all of us together can make a difference. So call now. The numbers are on the screen. All you have to do is let us know how many hours a week or you'd like to volunteer or perhaps it's a block of time. Whatever you prefer, but call us and participate tonight on this one day when we're all striving to achieve a better childhood for the children of North Texas. Remember that anyone who volunteers will get a coupon for two to La Madeleine French Bakery and Cafe for breakfast will also send in your confirmation packet. The answer to the ABC quiz which you're watching tonight is just our way of saying thank you for getting involved. Now we're going to go back to the quiz in just a few minutes. Remember that we're not asking for money. We're asking for you for your time and commitment and your unique talent. So show you care in one of the best things you can do for a child tonight is by calling in and making that volunteer commitment.
Now we have another guest in the studio tonight who's going to tell us about a new innovative approach to health care and here's Sylvia with her guest Sylvia. I'm here with Dr. David Smith who's the CEO of Parkland's Community Oriented Primary Care Program. Can you tell us what exactly the program is? Sylvia it's a program to take health care back out to the community for so long we've really neglected the community brought health care in a centralized medical centers and really lost the community focus. It's a practice. It's a practice of doctors and nutritionists and health educators not just doing the traditional things of looking at sick people. And we're seeing the mobile medical van right now. Can you tell us how that works? Yes, that's part of our outreach effort. We've recognized that there were over 5,000 children in the homeless shelters last year and there's a particular need because so often we're required to do health care on tops of kitchen tables and in very inappropriate settings for health care.
These new units allow us to go out into the shelters and the food banks take care to the people and enroll them in a system of care. That meaning that once we've contacted them in these settings, if they do move on to permanent or semi-permanent housing, we can keep them enrolled in our community oriented primary care program. We don't lose them. Continuity is a critical component of this program. And I understand you'll be opening a new health care center in Oakcliffe. What can volunteers do to help out there? They can do a great deal, Sylvia. We have, in fact, a very active auxiliary already set up with that program through churches and other community leaders and we desperately do need volunteers to work with everything from children through elderly individuals, but particularly for children. We need to work directly with the schools and we do have a program that we can contact and work through our office to get volunteers to help us at the center and provide services. Okay. Well, thank you very much for being with us this evening. And Susan, back to you for an update on the hours.
Thank you, Sylvia. I think we're closing in on 100,000 hours. I hope to be able to come back at the next break and tell you that we broke that number. We are so proud of what you have done today on radio and television here at KERA. We hope you'll continue to call. Remember when you call, we'll take down your name and address and how you would like to volunteer, whether it's through helping organizations who provide services to children or whether you want to speak out on behalf of children. In this break, we've shown you examples of both how both of these work and you, of course, can do both. You can choose to volunteer for a number of hours per week or for a block of time that you'll give some time during the year, whichever is most convenient. We'll forward your names to the volunteer centers, either in Dallas or Fort Worth, who will contact you within three to four weeks. Now, the important thing tonight is that you make a commitment to make a difference in someone else's life. You'll be surprised how good it will make you feel. And as an added thank, you will also send you a coupon for breakfast for two at La Madeleine's French Bakery and Cafe and the answers to the ABC quiz, which we'll be returning to in just a moment. Now, families who have received special training at St. Teresa's home in Fort Worth offered their weekends to have a child come into their home. These visits help a child to experience a loving, caring, healthy family setting.
Another example is a special lady has volunteered faithfully for 30 years to see to it that the children's clothing is in good repair. So your skills can be put immediately to work on behalf of our children in this community. Call us. Thank you for watching. Thank you for participating. We appreciate it. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. Welcome to the final section of our quiz. There are a few subjects that generate as much sympathy and as much anger as child abuse. More than 53,000 Texas children were to confirm victims of child abuse and neglect last year. But people who work with the problem every day say that the issues are far from clearly defined. Our next two questions are based on possible real-life situations. They come from Tarant County Child Protective Services. Here's the first.
Bill and Sue put their two-year-old daughter and four-year-old son to bed. They take the baby monitor next door to the neighbors and ask him to listen for their kids while they go to the recreation center to work out. Is this an example of neglect? A, yes. B, no. Or C, don't know. Still thinking? Well, before we answer that one for you, let's look at another situation. Six-year-old Joshua stole some money from his mother's purse. His mother decided to teach him a lesson and proceeded to spank him with her belt. And our later, she was surprised to see that the belt had left a bruise mark where the buckle must have accidentally landed. Is this an example of abuse? A, yes. B, no. Or C, don't know. In the eyes of those who enforce the law, the answers to both questions are no. Unless there's evidence that the child is in danger. This gets even more complicated and even harder to apply these definitions in terms of reducing the levels, the various levels of abuse in our society.
When we combine them with the fact that the family is considered private, it's considered an arena into which the public sector does not look unless that family has already been condemned as failing. Here we get a very tight circle of abuse and difference, and something that makes judging levels of abuse and trying to deal with them in a positive way, all that much more difficult. Authorities say that there are many kinds of abuse and many degrees of neglect, but what do case workers see the most? Question number 27 comes from the Child Abuse Unit of the Dallas Police Department. What is the most common form of child abuse or neglect investigated by the Texas Department of Human Services? A, sexual abuse. B, neglectful supervision. C, emotional abuse. Or D, physical abuse.
B, the answer is neglectful supervision. I suspect there are several reasons why neglectful supervision is so prevalent in Texas. One may be that the parents grew up in an environment that supported that. Their parents might have left them home when they were very young. Two, the demands of the family system where a single head of household might not have appropriate child care resources. And the third might be the child may be more mature than his age group or her age group, and the parents increase their expectations of their child or place more demands on that child. The Dallas Children's Advocacy Center is a nonprofit organization. When children come into the Advocacy Center, they've come in and they've just reported what's happened to them either sexual abuse or physical abuse. We bring the kids into this child-oriented facility that's a lot different from the places that we used to bring kids.
We'll bring them in here and their parents can wait in our waiting room, and then we bring children into a play room where they sit with volunteers. And they have a chance to kind of let them in and take some time before we start to interview them upstairs for their investigative interview. Okay, here's Bernard. Here's my friend Bernard. Okay. What do you call these a Bernard? What's this? Yeah. What do you call this a Bernard sits on? And we call this in front. Is it tummy? Okay. When we used to interview children downtown, they would see handcuffed prisoners be brought in before them. You know, that would terrify them before they have to come in and tell about this terrible secret that they've been involved in. So it's just a better environment. I mean, you wouldn't do brain surgery in a back alley where you shouldn't conduct these interviews, you know, in an adult setting. Okay. You said that this one was you, and you told me that this one was daddy, right? Okay. Now you told me that mommy was also in the house when daddy touched you.
And you showed me which room mommy was in? Some kids, when they come in there, they're pretty ready to talk about what's happened to them. We're not going to rush a child or traumatize further traumatize a child. We're here for the children. We're here to make sure that the truth comes out and that kids are protected, but also that it's a healing process for them. Child abuse may attract a lot of public attention, but misconceptions about abuse are common. These next two questions are about sexual abuse. True or false? In reported cases of sexual abuse by a non-family member, the victim is most likely to be a girl. False. Boys are most likely to be sexually abused by non-family members. Often, they know they're abusers. I think one of these services we do children is constantly warn them about strangers. You see all these programs in school about don't talk to strangers. Most children are at risk from people they know. You know, fathers, stepfathers, uncles, people that the family knows.
When girls are sexually abused, who do you think are the most frequent offenders? Here's question number 29. Girls are most likely to be sexually abused by a, strangers, b, family members, or c, other adults known to the child. B, girls are most likely to be sexually abused by family members. The family might be aware something is a miss, but choose not to explore that for fear of finding exactly what they suspect. So sometimes the children get caught in the middle. A good example is we have a little girl in treatment here who is just as cute as she can be. She hits us. She kicks us. She cusses us out. She believes that if she can get back with her mom, everything's going to be okay. It's the only home she knows. It's the only mother she knows.
That's better than a meeting. That our mother beat me. That my mother didn't want me. There's not much future there for her. If she goes back home, she's going to face that reality and it ain't going to be what she's fantasized it to be. If she comes back here, it's like a meeting failure. I didn't make it at home. It's kind of like I'm a nowhere child. What happens to children who are abused by members of their own family? It's a tough question, and it's our final one. True or false? Children abused by family members are usually removed from the home. False. Experts say that abused children are further traumatized when they are taken from the home. If authorities believe that the child can safely stay at home, they usually work to keep the family together. It's more beneficial to the child to remain in the home, because that is the parent that they know and trust. Going into something that is unknown is extremely frightening for them, and they don't know that those people treat them any better.
Psychologists say that it's important to work with victims of both child abuse and family violence when they are young. When these children don't get the psychological help they need, problems may not surface until they are much older. The family place in Dallas encourages young victims of family violence to express their feelings in art. We'd like you to see and hear some of the results of their work. Family violence happens every day, but few outside the family ever see it. It's a secret kind that hides behind walls and closed doors. Children are as sad as victims, but there's a place where kids can go to escape a violent home. It's a secret place, a shelter where children can feel safe. They draw pictures there and talk about how they feel inside.
Kids have their own secrets, but some things hurt too much to hide. The kid, Boba, look black, got potato chips. It's about the world. It's got all different colors. We was at home, a daddy he used to beat on my mom and stuff. He pushed me my sister in the room and locked the door from the outside and wouldn't let us out. This is the shelter we moved. And there's the apple channel on the chin of the sun and the sky. My mom, she's good to me. She's my mom because she likes me and I like my mom. My dad was a joke because he, my mom a lot, and he always, always hits my mom because he doesn't like her.
He always gives me a weapon and I don't do nothing to him. He, and I never do, I never make noise. It still works me a lot. I'm kind of scared. Like, I don't know if I get to go up to heaven or night or anything. I just get real scared. Hey. My brain moves. I always see a rainbow up in the sky. Even though your life is full with anger and people like your, maybe your father beat you a lot, you still should have some hope inside. Never put down your hope. Never think of it okay. Think of, think of the little star. How I wonder which you are. I'll put with a little star like a diamond in this game.
Hello, I'm Fred Rogers. Your own childhood had a lot to do with who you are today. Have you ever thought that you'd like to offer what's best in you to young people beyond your own family? There are special children's services throughout your community which would welcome some of your time. You can help the future of those services and those children with a phone call now. Thank you on behalf of children everywhere. Thank you, Fred Rogers. Hello, I'm Susan Harmon and in just a moment we'll return to the final segment of a better childhood quiz. Child abuse abuse is tragic and all the data shows that it's increasing. Our judicial and social service systems are trying to do something about it but they are critically overloaded. That's where you can help.
Many organizations are training volunteers to help provide the services so desperately needed to help these children and to prevent further child abuse in our community. This is just one area where you can begin to give children hope not only immediately but for the future. Why not take that first step tonight? Call us at 877-9013 or 1-800-779-KERA. So far we've accumulated over 93,000 hours to be worked as volunteers in the next year. We hope you will join us in this community effort to make a difference for our children. Now keep in mind right now we're not here to ask you for money. The gift of yourself can enrich children's lives as well as your own and countless ways. Our children are a future but right now their future is in our hands especially in their early childhood years when their entire lives are being shaped. Now there are two ways that you can volunteer. One is by working with those who provide services to families and children throughout the Metroplex. The second is you can get involved by speaking up on behalf of children or you can do both.
Organizations that work with child abuse can use volunteers in both areas and most of them have training programs. We'll go over a few of those in this break. Now remember when you call tonight to volunteer we will send you a La Madelaine's breakfast coupon for two. Could it any La Madelaine's French Cafe and bakery throughout the area? Along with a copy of the ABC quiz with the answers. You can decide how much time you'd like to give whether it's one hour three or six hours a week or maybe you'd like to volunteer for a block of time that you can give some time during the next year. Whatever works you're most comfortable with that's what we want to hear from you about tonight. If you have any special skills or interest that you may tell us about that too and will match your skills to organizations that need them. I tried earlier tonight and not been able to get in because the phones have been so busy try again, keep trying. One woman said she tried for about 15 minutes. We hope to hear from you right now. We want your voice to be counted in this very special one night campaign. We will then pass your names to a volunteer center in Dallas and Fort Worth and they'll be getting in touch with you in the next two to four weeks.
Joining us now is Sylvia Kamatsu, our vice president for television programming. She has a special guest who's involved in the unique advocacy program for abused and neglected children. We'll learn how it's making a difference in these children's lives. Sylvia. Thank you, Susan. I'm here with Mike McKay, who's executive director of a group called Focus that stands for Foster Child Advocate Services. Mike, can you tell us about your organization? Our Foster Child Advocate Services is the only organization in Dallas County that recruits and trains community volunteers to work on behalf of abused and neglected children in the civil justice system. And what exactly do volunteers do to help you out? Volunteers after they've been screened and selected are trained, Sylvia, intensively, to learn how to investigate along with the case worker and along with the lawyer that might be involved, the child's case, the situation that the child's involved with. And then they may meet with the doctors, they meet with the lawyers, they may meet with parents.
Everyone who's involved in that case and work with our professional staff prepare a report and then go to court and report to the judge who has appointed them to that case as to what they think is the best interest or is in the best interest of that child. And how much of a time commitment does it take then? Approximately 20 hours a week. We're looking for four or five, I mean 20 hours a month, I'm sorry, about four or five hours a week. Okay, and I understand that there's a similar program in Fort Worth. There is a program in Fort Worth, it's called Child Advocates of Tarant County. It's a very effective program. And if these issues aren't addressed, what are the costs both in financial terms and to society? Some of the numbers that we've seen, for example, in Tarant County, it's estimated about 4,000 a year per child can be saved by having an active court advocate or court appointed advocate on that case. The typical stay in foster care, for example, is around 18 months for a child with an active court appointed volunteer. We've seen that time reduced by 11 to 11 months, so you can almost cut it in half. And that in Tarant County is 4,000 a year per child.
Our numbers in Dallas County reflect the same. If we don't solve the problem, then you're going to see these children we already have seen these children show up, juvenile delinquency, some crime, drug abuse, dropouts, even the homeless. Okay, well, thank you very much for being with us tonight. Thank you. And back to you, Susan. Thank you, Sylvia. The Fort Worth Star Telegram is teaming up with Child Advocates for Tarant County Kids Day, a fundraising event scheduled in October. And on this day, 500 volunteers in Fort Worth will sell special editions of the Morning Star Telegram with the proceeds going to Child Advocates. And fundraisers like this are one way you can get involved, especially if you would like to volunteer for just a block of time. Whatever you do, it's important to take a stand. The numbers are on the screen. All you have to do is let us know how many hours a week you'd like to volunteer, whether it's 1, 2, 3, or 6 hours, however many, or if you'd like to give a block of time. And remember that anyone who volunteers will get a breakfast coupon for 2 good at La Madeline's French Bakery and Cafe throughout Dallas, Fort Worth area, will also send in your confirmation packet the answers to the ABC quiz, which you're watching tonight.
It's just our way of saying thanks for getting involved and making a difference. Keep in mind, we're not asking you for money. We're asking you to give your time and commitment and your unique talents to help children in families in our area here in North Texas. And you'll want all children from every economic and ethnic background to succeed in life. If you join in that mission, call us right now. Now, here are a few words from Ted Levin's from the Lena Pope home and Fort Worth. Take a look. We hear a lot today about volunteerism. It seems as though when dollars from taxes and otherwise begin to shrink everyone says, well, the resources are in volunteers. I think especially with kids, volunteers can play an important part. One of the things we know that are so important to a child, that if they can learn something significant from an adult, they develop a relationship with that adult that's real meaningful to them. To volunteer to even teach a craft or a skill to a child can be real significant to that child. To volunteer to be a sponsor family to a homeless child that's in a child care facility can help that child develop a relationship that otherwise they may never be able to experience.
The ability to be a big brother or a big sister can mean an adult model in a life that otherwise has been vacant of such models. A volunteer in a child's life can make a real big difference. Remember, a year and a 10 year old's life is one tenth of their life. A year and a 40 year old's life is one 40th. That one tenth can be greatly influenced by an hour or two a week of the volunteer. The phone number again is 871-9013 or 1-800-779-K-E-R-A. Remember, when you call, we'll take down your name and address and how you would like to volunteer, whether it's through helping organizations who provide services to children or you can help speak out on behalf of children. In this break, we've shown you examples how both of these work and of course you can do both. Remember, you can choose to volunteer for a number of hours per week or for a block of time that you'll give some time during the year.
We will then forward your names through the volunteer centers, either in Dallas or Fort Worth, and we'll contact you within about three or four weeks. The important thing is to make a commitment, to make a difference in someone else's life. You'll be surprised how good it will make you feel. And, as an added thank you, we'll also send you a coupon for breakfast for two at La Madeline French Bakery and Café and the answers to the ABC quiz, which we'll be returning to in just one moment. Adopt a case worker is a new volunteer project which matches case workers from child protective services with community organizations or church groups. The adopting groups provide emotional support to the case workers along with goods and services for their client families. Even though child abuse cases have increased, there has not been an increase in case workers. And, as a result, the overall case load of each worker has increased along with the stress. Right now we'd like to show you just a few examples of some of the organizations that are providing services to abused and neglected children.
Family outreach is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Volunteers include men and women of various age groups who received case worker training from local professionals before being assigned a family. You can also work in the office by working on the 24 hour hotline handling information and referral calls or general office work. They also have a very active speakers bureau in two main areas, community education and anti victimization programs. Speakers go into the classroom to teach children how to avoid becoming victims and what to do if it does happen to them. This is just one example of an important agency and what they are doing. There are many others that provide these special services. Volunteer centers and Dallas and Port Worth will help match you with organizations you'd like to work in. The important thing is to take action and make a commitment call 8-7-1-9013 or 8-1-7-779-K-E-R-A. There are volunteers just like yourself waiting to take your call.
Remember that just a little of your time can go a long way, but we have to act now because children's needs can't wait and every minute counts. So Susan, how are we doing on our volunteer hours? I think we've we're closing in on that 100,000. We received over 96,000 hours ready a volunteer time to be used in the next year. And that's volunteered on an ongoing basis a few hours a week for a full year or in a block of time. We appreciate so much all of you who are calling in. Tonight you make your commitment to help children and families in North Texas. Your name and address will be referred to one of the volunteer centers in Dallas or Terrent County and you will make a difference to the future of our children. Thank you. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company.
We're at the end of our quiz, but we do have one last question. Should children really be seen and not heard? Last year, the leaders of over 50 countries around the world met to discuss the human rights of children. They agreed that all children have the right to basic survival and development, to food, shelter, and education. They have the right to protection from abuse and exploitation. Children are people, they said, with the voice of their own. The educator and philosopher John Dewey once said, what the best and wisest of parents would want for their child, we as a community must want for all of our children. What are some of those things? Good health, meaningful relationships, and an opportunity to contribute to society. But until we take to heart what John Dewey said, chances are nothing will change. We as a community must take responsibility for all of our children.
You can make a difference. You've taken the quiz. Now take action. Whatever we do is up to us. It's up to you. Thank you. Good night. Hi, I'm Gerbert. Some really needle people want me to tell you about some really special organizations. These organizations are working hard to make lots and lots of children happy. But they need your help. Your love can make a great big difference. So won't you please call and say hi. I want to help make a child happy. And I'll tell you how. See you later, alligator. Well, hello. This is Susan Harmon one more time. You've taken the quiz. How'd you do? Even though you finished the quiz, the needs of children have not gone away.
They'll still be there when you turn off the TV or change the channel or go to bed. And this is where you can join us. All you have to do is dial the numbers on the screen and say, yes, I want to help children in my community in my neighborhood. Just call 8-7-1-9013 or 1-800-779-K-E-R-A. And so far we've accumulated almost 100,000 volunteer hours. We'll be back on the air in the next week telling you how we did. We're just so thrilled that so many of you have called in tonight and during the day on KERA 90.1. And then we'll be also airing the program on channel two at nine o'clock tonight. So we're very pleased that all three stations here have matched up with you and that together we're working together on the needs of children and families in our community. Remember if you call in and make a pledge of volunteer time tonight, we'll be sending you a breakfast coupon for two good and any La Madeline's French bakery and cafe in the area. We appreciate their help so much. You call those numbers and volunteer two, three, six hours per week on an ongoing basis or decide to offer a block of time.
It's very easy tonight. You're just making a commitment. The volunteer centers and Dallas and Fort Worth will match your special interests with those of the agencies that need your help. So that's all you have to do. Now, there's a center in South Dallas called the I am that I am a training center. It has been widely recognized for its work and expanding children's self worth and the woman who founded the center is Dolores Biel. And here she is to tell you more about this very special center. Hi, I'm Dolores Biel. I'm the founding director of the I am that I am training center. The I am center was started because of kids analyzing in our church parking lot and I got the kids together and gave them something positive to do. What we do here at the I am center, we work mainly with dysfunctional children, children from homes of that called drug abuse, children from homes with various types of living problems.
Children who cannot adjust to society without that bridging health. Here at the center, we help with tutoring. We help with coping skills. We help them to get part time jobs. All the good noise you hear in here is there. We're getting ready for our open house, which is tomorrow. Our volunteer need here at the I am center. We depend heavily upon them. We're looking for tutors, especially in math and in science and geometry. We're looking for people with some computer skills. There's a ton twirling, a tumbling. There's types of skills that the young people can learn from. We complain about our kids, but we don't take the time to teach them. Here at the I am center, we want to teach them whatever skill you know. Then they can go on and be a better person in life. I'm here in the studio with David Park Smith, who is a volunteer with both the Family Gateway Center and the Trinity River Mission. David, can you tell us about those two programs and what volunteers can do to help?
Well, sure, the Family Gateway, which was formerly known as the Downtown Dallas Family Shelter, provides an interim kind of service for families that have been on the street and are attempting to regain self-sufficiency. Many of those families have children, and there are a variety of things volunteers can do to help with those kids. One of the things I think is the most interesting and maybe appealing type of volunteer activity is simply reading to the kids while their parents attend classes that are part of the reorganization program that the families go through to become self-sufficiency. So sitting in a room, reading with kids whose families are homeless can have a major impact on the lives of those kids. And what about the Trinity River Mission? Well, Trinity River Mission is a very interesting program servicing needs of children, particularly educational, enhancement needs of kids in the Las Barrios, West Dallas community, predominantly Hispanic community. And we attempt to do after school tutoring and homework help during the school year, some self-esteem enhancement during the summertime and a believe and achieve program based on the, I have a dream concept where we provide scholarship funds for children that are able to finish high school. Volunteers can work in a variety of capacities at Trinity River Mission, especially we need mentors for our believe and achieve kids.
Okay, well, thank you for being with us here tonight and Susan back to you. Thank you, Sylvia. Now this very illustrious group that I'm standing with here are our partners in Dallas and Fort Worth. Carlay LaVogue, Marty Leonard from Fort Worth, Tom Quigley from Dallas, Julie Thomas, Eleanor Conrad from Dallas, Jan Hill from Tarrant County. These six people have been wonderful working with us here at KERA, Bobby Wedlin is my cohort and outreach here. We have had many helpers all over this community. Your help is the most important. Thank you so much for calling in tonight and we look forward to working with you in the future. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company.
The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company.
The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company.
The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company.
The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company.
The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company. The volunteer phone bank for a better childhood quiz is made possible in part by Wyatt Cafeterias, an employee owned company.
Program
A Better Childhood Quiz
Segment
Includes Kera fundraising breaks
Producing Organization
KERA
Contributing Organization
KERA (Dallas, Texas)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-445c25c223c
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Description
Program Description
Televised quiz designed to start conversation about children's mental and physical well being.
Created Date
1991-05-28
Asset type
Program
Genres
Special
News Report
Topics
News
Parenting
Education
Subjects
Nurturing children's hopes and dreams
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
02:05:06.399
Embed Code
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Credits
Director: Voight, Tom
Host: Sanders, Bob Ray
Host: Crockett, Marla
Producer: Tranchin, Rob
Producing Organization: KERA
AAPB Contributor Holdings
KERA
Identifier: cpb-aacip-dc71f51323a (Filename)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
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Citations
Chicago: “A Better Childhood Quiz; Includes Kera fundraising breaks,” 1991-05-28, KERA, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 6, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-445c25c223c.
MLA: “A Better Childhood Quiz; Includes Kera fundraising breaks.” 1991-05-28. KERA, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 6, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-445c25c223c>.
APA: A Better Childhood Quiz; Includes Kera fundraising breaks. Boston, MA: KERA, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-445c25c223c