Relevant news topics for kids in easily digestible bites.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 8+?
Any Positive Content?
Products & Purchases
very little
Any ads are placed at the end of the episode and are clearly called out for "grown ups" to listen to. Some ads include comfortable loungewear and a program that helps manage and cancel subscriptions.
Positive Messages
a lot
Episodes spark curiosity about topics such as science, gender pay equality, and current events. Take-aways from some episodes include the importance of voting and standing up for LGBTQ+ rights. Creates healthy and age-appropriate understanding of the news. Encourages media literacy and engagement in current events. Tries to take sensationalism and anxiety out of news for kids. Presents facts and data.
Positive Role Models
a lot
Celebrates positive role-models from diverse backgrounds. Highlights kids who enact change in their communities, such as Read Across America's Ambassador Marley Diaz, who is the founder of 1,000 Black Girl Books. Kid guests join the podcast to enthusiastically report facts about the topic on hand, such as facts about James Webb Telescope and what poll workers do to help voting precincts. Host gives facts and doesn't talk down to kid listeners.
Diverse Representations
a lot
News and investigative content that features diverse views from kids, experts, and contributors alike. Episodes on include gender issues such as equal pay for women in sports. Features guests and news from diverse backgrounds. Stella Keating speaks about being the first trans teen to speak in front of congress. LeBron James is celebrated as an advocate for voting rights. Additional episodes include focus on Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Black History Month, Human Rights Day, and LGBTQ+ rights. The host and two main correspondents are Black women.
Each episode is full of informative tidbits about current events and social issues. Listeners hear the news in a dynamic format that blends kid reporters, adult correspondents, and interviews with kid and adult experts. The news and tough social issues are presented in an enthusiastic manner that encourages kids to be curious and learn fun facts. Episodes include trivia segments and pose questions that keep kids engaged in the content.
Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Ten News is a podcast that aims to inform kids about current events and topics that are relevant to them. It touches on important topics such as equal pay, voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, improving carbon footprints, and the war in Ukraine. Episodes run around 15 minutes long and are designed to be informative by introducing facts, context, definitions, and enthusiasm for world news. News is presented is a fun and informative way that won't provoke fear, so it's great for parents to listen to with kids in the morning getting ready or at night while making dinner. Investigative content features diverse views from kids, experts, and contributors alike.
THE TEN NEWS is a kids news podcast that features 10 minute bite-sized episodes with relevant news and current events happening in the world. New episodes premiere every Tuesday, Thursday, and sometimes on Saturdays. Friendly comedian host, Bethany Van Delft, is joined by kid reporters, experts and other correspondents to speak about news topics and to highlight the achievements of kids around the world. Topics and perspectives are diverse and include gender equity, LGBTQ+ rights, social justice activism and more. The show is full of facts about sports, science, gaming, pop culture, entertainment, and many other topics that are relevant to kids. Each episode features fun segments like rapid fire questions and news trivia, which make it both informative and engaging for kids and adults.
Informative, compact, and kid-friendly, this podcast delivers news in a fun and approachable way. The Ten News breaks down the news into a digestible format that helps kids understand the context behind current events. News and social issues are made relevant by showcasing how kids are involved in social movements and media. Kids get examples of great role models, important issues that are relevant to their communities, and fun facts about a variety of topics.The audio quality and production are crisp and clean and the fun segments allow kids, teens, tweens and even adults to engage. It's a great way for families to listen to the news together and to talk about current events and how they shape each others' lives.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how The Ten News sounds and feels different from other news shows. Is there a different tone? Different information?
What is media literacy? Why is it important and how does it relate to news?
What steps can you take to make sure the news you're reading and hearing is based on facts and not just opinions?
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