Nutrition & Wellness

Marketing Tactics Undermine Parent Authority: Moms Not Lovin It.org

July 8, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

July 8, 2013 Update: Join the #MomsNotLovinIt Twitter chat about McDonalds and other fast food giants specifically targeting kids of color, and the new study in Journal of American Medical Assn on Hispanic/pediatric media exposure and the impact on children's health! May 10, 2013 Out of sight, out of mind? Hardly. As a proud participant in the Mother’s Day “Mom’s Not … [Read more...]

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ACEs Wild: Flip the Brain Script on Adverse Childhood Experiences

March 19, 2013 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

1-8-18 Update: Important new data on public health problems emerging with kids in this damaging era of immigration anxiety. I see this every week when I tutor at Americorps/Reading Partners and walk on the campus as one of a handful of white people...kids literally freeze as if I'm a fed coming to snatch someone. Not comfy. Glad Newsweek did this feature, but REALLY … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: ACE, Adverse Childhood Experiences, at risk youth, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Bayview Children's Health Center, black history, Center for Youth Wellness, change agents, childhood trauma, childrens health, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, health effects of living in violence, immigration anxiety, infant health, kids and public health, kids stress, Nadine Burke, neuroplasticity, neuroscience, obesity prevention, Poverty, Preschool brain science, public health policy, The Poverty Clinic, toxic stressors, urban pediatrics, violence prevention, wellness, Youth-advocacy

Digital Detox, Blog Hiatus, and Fresh New Focus for 2013

January 18, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Jan. 2013-Shaping Youth has taken a first ever, full month long blog hiatus until Feb. 1, 2013. You can follow our posts on Twitter in the interim while we unplug the blog to repower the system with fresh approaches to timely topics you care about concerning media and marketing's impact on kids. Media management and recapturing focus has been challenging for many of us in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Alone Together, attention economy, connected learning, digital deluge, Digital Detox, Digital Vertigo, emotional wellness, FOMO, Generation-Digital, information overload, kids-media, Media management, MLK, MLK Day of Service, multitasking, Screen Free Week, social-media, unplug

Media Messages and Binge Drinking Influence On Teens

December 31, 2012 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Dec. 31, 2012 Prequel to New Year's Eve... Long gone are the days when I could host a “New Year's at Noon Bubble Wrap Stomp” and watch little kids gleefully squirt silly string at each other in rowdy ‘make as much noise as you can” festivity for a honking good time... Those with older teens like myself are looking for healthier choices for teen New Year plans and maybe … [Read more...]

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CCFC: A Positive Pick, Even When Calling Out Negative TOADY Toys

December 4, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Dec. 4, 2012 No question I continue to land hard on watchdogs that aren’t woofin’ when it comes to media and marketing’s impact on kids, but nobody does it better than Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) with a solid lip curl and warning snarl before tearing the pants off of those without a corporate conscience focused on profiteering over public health…...So … [Read more...]