Family Studies
Please review each article prior to use: grade-level applicability and curricular alignment might not be obvious from the headline alone.
Pregnant news anchor stays on air during labor. ‘If I disappear, that’s what’s going on,’ she says
1 minute read Friday, Oct. 3, 2025ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Local news co-anchor Olivia Jaquith went ahead with a three-hour morning newscast even after her labor contractions began and her water broke, keeping viewers updated about the coming birth of her first baby.
“We do have some breaking news this morning -- literally,” co-anchor Julia Dunn said at the top of the CBS6 Albany broadcast Wednesday morning. “Olivia’s water has broke, and she is anchoring the news now in active labor.”
“Early labor, early labor,” replied Jaquith, who was two days past her due date.
Jaquith stayed on air as Dunn kept recording on Facebook Live.
Increase in sextortion cases prompts call for legislation to combat predators
6 minute read Preview Thursday, May. 8, 2025Little pictures, big ears, and bad examples
4 minute read Preview Monday, Apr. 28, 2025Lawyer, philanthropist had a fierce sense of social justice
6 minute read Preview Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025Woody’s Barbershop opens doors, fulfils personal dream
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2024Four-week program injects staff into city’s home-care ranks
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2024Spending on private health-care aides skyrockets
4 minute read Preview Monday, May. 27, 2024Classrooms don’t have to be smartphone-free zones, tech-fluent educators tell province
5 minute read Preview Friday, Feb. 9, 202436 jours en mer : récit des naufragés qui ont survécu aux hallucinations, à la soif et au désespoir
23 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025Little things in life can take on big meaning
4 minute read Monday, Aug. 9, 2021Every once in a while, I have to try extra hard to look for the good things around me, especially lately.
I remind myself to poke my head outside of my echo chamber, and remember that even though the world seems to be on fire (literally and figuratively) there is still goodness and my soul needs to be nourished by it.
Sometimes, the brightest spot on my day is a jackpot — something like going on a vacation or finding a $5 bill in my pocket.
It’s the days that I easily make a connection with someone or have so much fun doing something that I forget about all the chaos around me.