An estimated 6 million children in the US will experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18. Natasha Daniels, mother, child therapist and author of "The Grief Rock", shares her expertise this week on 411 teen.

On tonight's program: As the judicial system puts the brakes on Florida’s “Stop Woke Act,” Governor DeSantis insists the whole thing was taken out of context; Some institutions, however, including the state’s flagship university, are keeping at least some of the “anti-woke agenda” in place; During recent arguments on abortion before the state supreme court the chief justice has brought up the idea of fetal personhood; Governor DeSantis signs into law a bill to prevent undocumented immigrants from using local IDs to misrepresent their immigration status; State lawmakers kept up their drive to take more and more authority from local governments during the session that just ended; Florida's money managers are making plans to drop China-owned investments; And a proposed state land purchase has some residents of a rural North Florida county upset.

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Dr. Cindy Bigbie, author of "My Link To Mildred: Interrupting The Epidemic of Trauma Via Nonviolent Communication", sits down with 411 Teen to discuss restorative practices and using nonviolent communication strategies to combat generational trauma.

On tonight’s program: Florida’s 2024 Lawmaking Session comes to an end with the hope one result would be an increase in much needed health care personnel; This year’s session enacted a few serious reforms in such arenas as the Baker Act; Despite some protests, civilian run police oversight boards have been defanged by the Florida Legislature; At least one bill that got passed went through so many changes that everyone wound up liking it; Hemp stores around Florida may lose business under new legislation; Stores that sell vaping products could also be hard hit if the governor signs an anti-vaping bill; And last year, Governor DeSantis had all the clout when it came to getting things done in the Legislature. THIS year, a veteran Capital Reporter opines the power player was probably Senate President Kathleen Passidomo.

On tonight's program: Florida public schools will get a break when it comes to certain regulations as a result of several bills now headed to the governor's desk; More reliable funding for epilepsy services are now included in the new state budget; The Florida Legislature has passed a measure setting up designated mental health care teaching hospitals to help meet a troubling service provider shortage; The Florida Senate has declined to confirm Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Deschovitz to the Florida Ethics Commission; And be polite to first responders or else! The Florida Legislature passes a bill that makes mouthing off to those folks a felony.

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On tonight’s program: After much debate – and even a gubernatorial veto – Florida lawmakers have a modified version of a bill to restrict kids under the age of 14 from access to online social media platforms; Controversy continues over a measure that prohibits sleeping or camping on public property, except in special areas designated by and paid for municipalities; The Florida Board of Education would likely be tasked with developing an anti-communism curriculum for public school students from kindergarten to senior high school; And revenue from the gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida would help pay for environmental improvement projects under a bill now headed to the governor.

On tonight’s program: The Florida House and Senate have agreed on a single budget document worth around $117.5 billion, meaning lawmakers will be able to adjourn the 2024 Session on time Friday; Daylight remains between House and Senate on a bill to pre-empt local government authority to mandate water breaks for contract employees during hot weather; The Senate was expected today to approve a bill to ban sleeping in public places and require local governments to provide secure spaces with various amenities for unhoused people; And the initial legal showdown between Florida State University and the Atlantic Coast Conference is now on the calendar.

On tonight’s program: After Gov. DeSantis vetoed the most recent version of a bill restricting the access of younger teens to social media sites, lawmakers have come up with a compromise they hope will pass gubernatorial muster; The Florida House has passed a bill that bans undocumented immigrants from obtaining any type of official state identification card; And unanimously, the Florida Legislature has approved restitution for the surviving victims of the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna.