Kids These Days (TV series)

This article is about the TV discussion series. For the Chicago indie band, see Kids These Days (band).

Kids These Days
Presented by	Dana Fleming
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	1996 (1996) – 1998 (1998)

Kids These Days is an American discussion series that aired on Lifetime Cable in the morning Monday through Friday from 1996 to 1998. ^{[1] [2]} It is a half-hour show, hosted by Dana Fleming. It took over for the canceled series Your Baby and Child. ^[3]

The series discussed issues on parenting, children and teenagers. Initially the focus was on children in the age range 6 to 12. ^[4] The subjects included safety at home and at school, childhood fears, kids and divorce, single parents, child care, dealing with death, and parent-teacher relations. The debut episode had an interview with child psychologist David Elkind, and featured a child who received benefit from medication for ADHD. ^[5]

The series was part of a two-hour programming block that Lifetime hoped would appeal to women aged 18 through 34. ^[6] In a generally positive review, critic Suzanne Gill wrote that the show is more likely than other such shows to allow for family viewing with the children included, because each episode has a child describing the challenges in their own words. ^[7]

References

1. "CBS Hits Broadway for 50th Tony Awards". Los Angeles Times . June 1996.
2. Winslow, Harriet (July 27, 1997). "Women Get A Sporting Chance On Lifetime". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
3. Brown, Rich (April 22, 1996). "Lifetime to debut new shows". Broadcasting & Cable . 126 (18): 55.
4. Kloer, Phil (May 14, 1996). "What's ahead on Lifetime channel: Dramas, 'Debt' and Joan Collins". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . p. F04.
5. Letofsky, Ira (May 31, 1996). "Kids These Days (Lifetime)". The Hollywood Reporter . 332 (30): 61.
6. Barttaglio, Stephen (April 16, 1996). "Lifetime targets younger crowd". The Hollywood Reporter. 341 (48): 134.
7. Gill, Suzanne (July 21, 1996). "Kids on 'Kids'". San Francisco Examiner . p. 292.