KET’s ‘Safe and Sound: Raising Emotionally Healthy Children in a Stressful World’ premieres April 17, first airs April 21

Though new parents often have access to many resources of information on how to care for their children physically, they are usually not as well-informed about raising them to be strong and healthy emotionally, and esearch shows that children who grow up stressed can face brain development  and long-term health issues, KET “Be Well Kentucky” reports.

The state network will present a special report, “Safe and Sound: Raising Emotionally Health Children in a Stressful World,” designed to teach parents to be the best they can be, in various locations across the state.

The program will be aired Monday, April 21 at 9/8 p.m. It was produced partly with funding from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.

A public screening and panel discussion of the program will be held Thursday, April 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Kentucky Science Center in Louisville.

Guests are invited to a 4:30 p.m. reception at the Leadership Louisville Center at 732 W. Main St. The event is free, but registration is required, and seats are limited. Click here to register.