Kids At Risk

7:07AM MDT: Our Kids-AT-Risk panel explores a new study on meth that shows when expectant moms use methamphetamine, their kids may be at greater risk of behavioral and emotional problems by kindergarten, a new study finds. Researchers found that of 330 children they followed to age 5, the half who were exposed to meth in the womb tended to have more behavioral issues, sadness and anxiety... Read M

7:07AM MDT: Licensed Professional Counselor, Renee Hanson, and child advocate attorney, John Frentheway join host Dave Chaffin in Part I of our Kids-AT-Risk segment to talk about a new disturbing study that shows1 in 7 college kids have tried the dangerous 'choking game'... Read More ...

7:07AM MDT: City Councilman Mark Rinne will be with us. 8:07AM MDT: Joan Evans, Director of Wyoming Workforce Services will guest and update us on the latest from her department, and the  recent report thaat we are seeing the jobless rate continue to drop in all but one of Wyoming's 23 counties...

Today,at 7:07AM MST  in our "Kids-At-Risk" series, host Dave Chaffin along with child advocates John Frentheway and Marvin Nash will take a look at the issue of sex education in our public schools. The Utah legislature recently passed a bill that would prohibit it in their public schools, but Governor Gary Herbert may veto it...

Today at 7:07AM MST on the Morning Zone will see our continuing "Kids-At-Risk Series" focus on a study that shows that sex-change treatment for kids is on the rise. Seem bizarre? Well,increasing numbers of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports i

Friday is Kids-At-Risk day on The Morning Zone, and our panel will begin at 7:07AM MST by discussing  a new study that shows, states with more comprehensive sex education programs had lower teen birth rates -- but the effect seemed to be due more to political, religious and social differences between those states than the sex ed itself...

6:40AM MST: Host Dave Chaffin and Marvin Nash from Bullying Hurts and The Nash Foundation will be talking with Mr. Kevin Olson. Kevin is a teacher in our community who will talk on special concerns he has about bullying in our schools, on things he has been doing, and a specialexperience he had while teaching in Arizona...

Everyone in the Cheyenne/Laramie County community is cordially invited to attend a very special School Bullying Solutions Town Hall Meeting sponsored by The Morning Zone and AM650 KGAB on Tuesday, January 31st from 6:30 til 8:30 PM in the main auditorium of First Baptist Church, 1800 East Pershing Blvd...

7:07AM MST: Our Kids-AT-Risk panel will explore a new government study that suggests a lot of teenage girls are still clueless about their chances of getting pregnant. In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers who had unintended pregnancies, about a third who didn't use birth control said the reason was they didn't believe they could pregnant...

Have you ever wished that your children came with an operating manual? Well, you aren't alone. Now there are answers and there is help. Find out how you can get involved. Listen to our recent interview with Anne Siebert, Regional Director of the Parent Leadership Training Institute...