As I drove my 7th grade daughter to school this morning, I practically leaped out of the driver’s seat when she turned to hug me goodbye. I thought there was a spider on her face, but it was actually one random cockeyed, mascara-curled eyelash that looked oddly reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange film. This poster of Malcolm McDowell in the title roll … [Read more...]
Last night I was with my three preteen godkids, whose mom worked for Radio Disney for awhile; so of course, the topic turned to the Miley Cyrus media chatter, recent radio interviews by child development pros as well as girl media mavens and parents discussing 'what to do.' Gina made an interesting statement: "Don’t you think if the media avoided covering it, we … [Read more...]
Life by the scale is a sorry state of affairs regardless what age you are, but yesterday's Preteen Alliance event made it clear to me that parents and educators are battling for their kids' nutritional balance online, offline, in-school, in-game, in extracurricular sports and beyond. (not just the 'junk food marketing' and the TV influence as KFF's Food Study reveals, but the … [Read more...]
Before I turn part two of yesterday's preteen post on the pop culture hypefest of Miley Cyrus over to Dr. Robyn Silverman, our adolescent body image expert, I just want to say THIS is why I left the sensationalized tabloid-style TV journalism of 'mainstream media' long ago. Headlines scream that she was 'topless' and some even go so far as to say 'nude,' which is a stretch … [Read more...]
It may be 'vanity' but it's certainly not 'fair.' I'm speaking of course about the controversial Miley Cyrus cover story that put the reining queen of preteen wannabes in 'whoa, nelly' mode, looking sultry in an artsy Annie Leibowitz pose on Vanity Fair's latest issue. Dang, I'm going to have to revamp my Preteen Alliance presentation AGAIN for this Thursday, because my … [Read more...]
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