Stumped for last minute meaningfulness in holiday fare? Give someone you love a Dads & Daughters Bond, literally and figuratively! It's one present that's sure to grow and mature with time. If you don’t know about this great nonprofit, you need to. They’re doing great work here, focusing on the critical impact of male influences in girls lives without … [Read more...]
I’m baking homemade apple-cranberry pie for my pile of holiday guests arriving, and the scent of cinnamon wafting through the kitchen makes me realize this is one sensory, tactile, shared experience with my child that surely can’t be replicated with a media experience…Even in the surreal 3-D virtual world of Second Life. What is Second Life? A simulated … [Read more...]
The past few weeks Shaping Youth has recorded some preteen podcasts to hear what kids from public and private schools have to say about body image, celebrity hype, products, brands, teen media and how it all relates to the middle school experience. Yowza. It may not quite be Fast Times at Ridgemont High out there but I’m feeling quite Jurassic about the 'wannabe world,' … [Read more...]
Free Range Studios is at it again. Their brilliant parodies that lit up the web with pass around power are touching on new turf with global warming, fast food slams, and who knows what else in the hopper. Teens love these viral firecrackers because they pack a walloping punch riffing off pop culture and current affairs. Mind you, they favor teen intelligentsia, not a … [Read more...]
June 24, 2015 Update Adding "7 Food Labels Shoppers Should Ignore Because They are Meaningless" which is perhaps the most specific, descriptive, summation header I've seen in awhile.Also, take a peek at this petition to get the FDA to get real about their food additive approval process, and this one asking Congress not to allow vested interests to add riders that gut the … [Read more...]
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