| Presenter: | Dana Fleming |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Network: | Lifetime |
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]