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I have some news I’d like to share with you today.  Two years ago, the National  Institute on Media and the Family’s board of directors started strategic discussions about the organization’s evolving mission and goals.  The current challenging economic environment accelerated those discussions.  As a result, the Institute’s board of directors made the decision to [...]

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Because they can have it all right now, so why not?
I listened to a webinar put on by YPulse last week – Ypulse is a youth marketing and research organization and their web site flashes ads with things like “Connecting Brands with Youth”. Now, I have to add my disclaimer here that I don’t like [...]

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Have you ever taken a moment to contemplate Prime Time? I guess I hadn’t ever really done it, except to think about the shows that qualify as prime time and the ones that don’t, until a recent conversation with a colleague got me thinking.
A number of years ago, she and her husband consciously [...]

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Ever had a kid challenge one of your rules?
Or do you ever feel like your child goes off to school or a play date and returns home seeming to have received some expert technical training on “how to manipulate my parents” from their friends or who knows who else?
Access to information – and being bombarded [...]

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I recently received an interesting letter from a middle school math teacher.  A few years ago this teacher did an informal survey of his students.  He wanted to find out how many of his students had TVs in their bedroom and other media habits.  What he found correlated with the national average: approximately 2/3 of [...]

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According to the Centers for Disease Control, motor vehicle crashes are responsible for more than one in three teen deaths, the leading cause of death for teens in the U.S.   In 2005, they recorded 12 teens died every day from injuries sustained in an accident.  Teens also have the lowest rate [...]

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With warmer weather here, I am going to put in my plug for giving our kids more play time.  Recent studies have shown that kids who get activity breaks at school and free time in their day to play and exercise actually do better in school.
Besides giving kids time to practice [...]

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Some things just seem like no brainers, until somebody does a study and you realize that we adults need to be reminded again.  A recent longitudinal study released by Children’s Hospital Boston shows that teens who viewed adult oriented television programs and movies as children started early sexual activity.  In fact, the younger [...]

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