The “Extraordinary” Rion Paige on X Factor

Posted on September 13, 2013 at 9:09 am

Watch 13-year-old Rion Paige knock the socks off the X Factor judges.  The Florida girl has joint problems in her hands and partial blindness in one eye from arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.  She also has a powerful voice and a powerful spirit — and a mother who says that it is time for Rion to try her wings, and that she will be there to catch her if she falls.  For her audition, she sings the Carrie Underwood song, “Blown Away,” and that’s just what the judges are as they listen.

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Tonight on PBS: Senior Romance “Last Tango in Halifax”

Posted on September 8, 2013 at 3:59 pm

Tonight the heartwarming series “Last Tango in Halifax” premieres on PBS, with Derek Jacobi and Ann Reid.  In the first episode, the childhood sweethearts re-connect on Facebook after 60 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3df_OMT1ogU
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Geena Davis on Talking to Kids About What You See on TV

Posted on September 8, 2013 at 8:00 am

This is one of my favorite of the excellent Geena Davis series to help parents manage the media onslaught.  Parents should model the kind of active engagement with what they see that kids need to learn to develop.

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