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Kids & Family

Sonoma Kids Ask The Experts!

KSVY's Cat Smith is getting the answers to all of your kids' questions!

Cat Smith
Cat Smith (Cat Smith)

Cat Smith is like many other parents in the Valley. Stuck at home with the kids! In attempting to help with their home schooling, she quickly discovered she was not smarter than a 5th grader. Worse than that, 2020 came with some very unique and historical moments.

“When will we reach the peak?”

“When will we go back to school?”

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“Why is the whole country protesting?”

Sonoma Kids Ask the Experts was born! It is a weekly show on 91.3 FM KSVY Sonoma every Saturday at noon. Each week hosts a different Sonoma Valley expert with a topic unique to them. After the show airs, the video replay is added to YouTube and easy to find by typing #SonomaKidsAsk in the search bar.

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“If I have this many questions coming at me daily, other parents must be inundated too!” says Smith. “Why don’t I get everyone’s questions all at once by asking an expert?!”

Past guests include:

  • Local Pediatrician Dr. Jerome Smith on COVID-19 health questions
  • Mayor Logan Harvey on Staying at Home in Sonoma
  • Educational Advocate Celeste Winders on Black Lives Matter

Upcoming guests include Sarah Gibson from Sonoma Fire & Rescue and LGBTQ+ expert, Gary Saperstein. These first 5 guests have covered some heavy topics, but Smith promises some fun topics too including a discussion on cheese making with Sheana Davis.

The best way to participate while we wait for schools to begin lessons again is to have parents join the Facebook Group at www.Facebook.com/SonomaKidsAsk. Read through the topics and help your children (any age!) submit questions for the experts. Kids can also make special requests at the page also. Don’t use Facebook? No problem! Submit your questions directly to Cat via email: voices@catsmith.net.

About Cat Smith: Cat has been a radio host with KSVY since 2005. She also has a weekly talk show about the entertainment world, Hollywood & SIP, on Tuesday mornings at 10 a.m. Her business is Get Social with Cat, helping small businesses with their social media and digital marketing. #CatKnowsSocial www.getsocialwithcat.com

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