The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of children and teens, and remote learning adds additional challenges. Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer, co-authors of “Taking The Stress Out Of Homework,” spoke to CBSN’s Tanya Rivero about how parents can help reduce their child’s stress as well as their own. Source

Italy is bracing for a third wave of the coronavirus more than one year after first going into lockdown as an early hotspot of the pandemic. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero from Rome with more about how the nation has changed its approach to battling COVID-19 over the past year. Source

Dr. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and member of the Biden COVD-19 advisory board, joins Major to talk about the CDC guidance allowing family members to visit loved ones in nursing homes, the spread of the latest variants and plans for reopening schools on this week’s episode of “The Takeout with Major Garrett.” Source

Fighting for life in Syria’s vicious civil war; then, Steve Kroft reports on how cash-starved countries offer citizenship for a price; and, chess instills new dreams in kids from rural Mississippi county. Source

Does torture get good intel? Ex-Gitmo detainee says, “No”; then, a Picasso mystery examined by 60 Minutes. Source

Should the U.S. government pay ransom money? Lesley Stahl reports. Then, restoring eyesight with a simple, inexpensive surgery; and, how Chinese artist Ai Weiwei became an enemy-of-the-state. Source

George Floyd’s brother Philonise Floyd spoke Friday after the city of Minneapolis announced it had approved a $27 million settlement over his May 2020 death in police custody. Watch his remarks. Source

Putin critic says he’s one of the lucky ones: “I’m still here;” then, Chobani’s billionaire founder on creating jobs in America; and, saving Africa’s endangered mountain gorilla. Source

As states expand coronavirus vaccine eligibility to people with obesity, some say fatshaming and fatphobia follow. Source

Stock analysts are optimistic that the curtain is rising again for many U.S. businesses shut down by COVID-19. Source