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In this one-hour special, viewers will meet four children with startlingly different Tourette’s diagnoses: Jonah, a boy who cannot suppress his overwhelming need to get up and run away; Colin, a boy who experiences constant headaches as a results of his tics; Marques, who suffers from the rare strain of Tourette’s that causes patients to shout obscenities uncontrollably; and Jaylen, a remarkable boy who is taking his experiences in school dealing with Tourette’s to a group of kids in an anti-bullying speech. Cameras will follow the lives of parents as they help their children cope with life within a world where you just can’t stop “ticking.”
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BIG KIDS is the one-hour special that puts viewers in the front seat of America’s obesity epidemic, profiling the lives of two obese children and their struggles to embrace healthier, happier lifestyles. While one participates in a nationally renowned weight-loss boot camp, the other receives personal intervention-style counseling from top fitness and nutrition experts at home. Follow these children and their families as they seek lasting solutions to a health problem millions of Americans struggle with each day. Highlights include a special appearance by motivational speaker and Olympic gold medalist Dominique Dawes on behalf of the Presidential Counsel for Physical Fitness, discussing the first lady’s LET’S MOVE health initiative.
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Walker will soon have his IQ tested. His obsession with cars has produced an amazing talent: At just 3 years old he can identify the make and model of any car by sight alone. MY KID’S SMARTER THAN ME explores the joys and hardships faced by ordinary families raising off-the-chart kids. In this special we meet child geniuses ranging in age from 3 to 15, who have never gone public with their talents: Pranav, a 7-year-old from Ohio who has an IQ 16 points higher than Einstein’s, and Autumn, an 8-year-old art prodigy whose works sell for thousands of dollars. With “in the moment” interviews with the children, their parents, siblings and experts, MY KID’S SMARTER THAN ME enters the world of parenting extraordinary children.
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Enter the mind of a child who suffers from the strange and isolating condition known as selective mutism. These children will often speak normally at home, but in public they are paralyzed with anxiety that leaves them speechless. Untreated, the condition threatens to destroy all aspects of a normal social life. MY CHILD WONT TALK tells the fascinating story of children who struggle from one of the most severe forms of social anxiety, and how their parents seek out options for a cure.
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Following up on the moving story of Michelle Cartsen, a quadriplegic mother who beat the odds and gave birth to a healthy baby, viewers get an inside look at her life four years later. Now separated from her husband and sharing custody of her preschool-aged son, Michelle is ready to tackle the next stages of her life, including parenting a son with the challenges of paralysis and even diving back into the dating scene
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More on juvenile diabetes with Discovery Health.
Tune in Sept 13-17
TOURETTE'S UNCOVERED, Mon. @ 9 p.m.
8 BOYS WANTING A GIRL, Tue. @ 8 p.m.
DEADLY DECISIONS AT 13, Tue. @ 9 p.m.
MY CHILD WON'T TALK, Wed. @ 8 p.m.
MY KID'S SMARTER THAN ME, Wed. @ 9 p.m.
BIG KIDS, Thurs. @ 9 p.m.
PARALYZED AND PREGNANT: FOUR YEARS LATER, Fri. @ 9 p.m.
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Childhood Development
- Childhood Conditions
- 5 Ways Schools Can Stop Bullying
- 10 Tips from Dominique Dawes on Keeping Kids Healthy
- How can you tell if your child is a prodigy?
- Raising a Child with Tourette Syndrome: One Family's Story
- How Geniuses Work
- Understanding Mental Handicaps in Children
- Are Kids Happier Than Adults?
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