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...]
“Faced with conflicting messages from parents, peers, and media, many preteens -- both boys and girls -- develop negative views about their bodies and have trouble making healthful food and exercise choices.” That was the lead-in line at the Kaiser Permanente and Preteen Alliance event where I spoke today as the ‘media expert’ along with Ann Tipton, … [Read more...]
Promise I’ll get to the green tween media virtual worlds post right after my ‘Care & Feeding of Preteens’ speaking event tomorrow, (Animoto video preview here) but meanwhile, two related green scene items landed in my inbox this morning that bear a line or two! The first was a reminder about the Sustainable Brands ’08 conference, which sadly … [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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