alt.NPR: Youthcast from PRX

Producer: Jenny Asarnow
Licensor: KUOW
Website: http://kuow.org/newspecials/raised.asp

Getting raised isn’t easy. This hour, we hear stories from those who know. Teenagers explain how to deal with in-your-face parents, abusive parents, absent parents and becoming a parent when you’re still in high school.

KUOW and the Public Radio Exchange scoured the country for the best radio stories created by producers under twenty. One teen tells us about folks who won’t let their kid eat watermelon unsupervised, because they’re afraid she’ll choke on the seeds. Another young woman got kicked out of her mom’s house when she was only eleven years old. She had to raise herself fast, and on the streets. We’ll also hear some juicy secrets (you know that bullet hole in the basement?), and eavesdrop on conversations it’s hard to have, at any age.

PRODUCER: Jenny Asarnow
HOST: Jennol Jenkins with her mom, Deb Jenkins
WEB PRODUCER: Jenna Montgomery
PRX PRODUCTION HELP: Jones Franzel

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