Surely some expert somewhere has solemnly noted that raising children forces us to re-examine our most precious beliefs. But Connect for Kids Editor Susan Phillips never expected it to go this far--she looks at her own evolution from Kid Lit snob to Captain Underpants groupie.

Head Start programs and an uncertain fate for an Emmy award-winning Reading Raindow are a few of the recent stories from Connect for Kids that drew reader responses. See what everyone had to say, and feel free to join the conversation.

New rules on media ownership approved by the Federal Communications Commission will allow more media mergers and acquisitions. Norris Dickard, director of public policy at the Benton Foundation, suggests children may be big losers in a deregulated media marketplace.

Since 1983, "take a look, it's in a book" has been the joyous refrain of Reading Rainbow's theme song. Despite legions of fans and research that supports the TV show's claim of encouraging kids' literacy, time may be running out for the program. By Rob Capriccioso

Remember when the middle-school health teacher used to pull down the shades, turn off the lights, and show strange, stilted short films about the hazards of pot and sex? By pairing up teen writers and actors with professional directors and producers, Scenarios USA is shaking up the genre with powerful—and sometimes controversial—films.

Stories on our site about the huge role electronic media play in kids' lives generated lots of responses over the past two months. And visitors were inspired to learn about individuals working to empower children—from a high school principal pushing young black men to achieve, to a fire chief in Alaska who has trained an all-girl team of emergency responders.

These tips from Sound Feelings show simple steps to prepare your computer for you toddler or young child while giving kids an opportunity to develop computer literacy.

This spring, the Federal Communications Commission will decide whether to change regulations that limit corporations' ownership of mass media outlets. Eleven-year-old Natasha Kirtchuk thinks relaxing the rules would be bad for kids. But at a recent forum, Kirtchuk was told she was too young to speak. So here is what she would have said, from Children's Pressline in New York City.

Learn the basics about the technology gap, get state-by-state data and read about the lack of appropriate Internet content for low-income and limited-literacy users in this 2002 review from the TechPolicy Bank.

From the moment a kindergarten teacher asks students what they think of the first little pig's choice of building material, children are learning how to be critical readers. But when they flop down in front of the TV, do our kids have similar skills for responding to what they see? Mark and Keisha Hoerrner report.