Amish school shooting: Copycat or coincidence?

Has the world gone mad? "Girls executed, boys let go.” No more media deconstructing for me. I’ll be reporting ‘positive picks’ for media messaging the rest of the week just to balance out my brain cells… ...Back soon. … [Read more...]

Shaping Youth launches in 2007

Heads up. When media producers spotlight their own, a backlash has begun. Junk food marketing. Consumerism. Body image. Vapid Values. Growing up too soon. Pick your own hot button and get ready to have some fun! We’re igniting a firestorm from inside our industry, fueled by parents and peers ready to fight fire with fire. Web. Viral. Buzz. Text. Cell. Podcasts. … [Read more...]

Who is Shaping Youth?

We all are. And that's what this nonprofit, nonpartisan, non-religious based organization is about. As media and marketing producers and consumers (that covers just about all of us!) we're responsible for deconstructing the messages out there. Children are beginning to define themselves through media and marketing, as healthier behavioral cues get lost in the loud, brash … [Read more...]