adolescents Archives - Shaping Youth

COPPA: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Filing

July 1, 2010 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

July 1, 2010 For those mumbling, "COPPA schmoppa, there goes Amy into policy wonk land, please translate media jargon into usable tidbits" I'll offer a few primers... What is COPPA? Why do we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: adolescents, behavioral profiling kids, branding, bullying, CDD, center for digital democracy, childrens online privacy protection act, childrens rights, consumer protection, COPPA, COPPA compliance, datamining, digital ads.org, Digital ethics, ehavioral profiling, eModeration, Facebook ad targeting, FCC-Integrated-Marketing-Rules, FTC, Generation-Digital, Internet-Privacy, internet-safety, Jeff-Chester, kids-advertising-regulations, kids-media, licensed characters targeting kids, my data is my data, opt outs, personal information, predatory marketing, privacy breaches, privacy rights, public health policy, regulations, regulatory measures, safe chat, Targeting Kids, tweens, U13, unauthorized tracking, Youth rights, Youth-advocacy

Bottom Feeders Like American Apparel Need Whacked in the Assets

February 2, 2010 by Amy Jussel 29 Comments

Feb. 9, 2010 Update: Almost 1000 signatures already & expanding global on ipetitions now! Join in! Orig article 2-2-10: "Confident about the junk in your trunk? Show us your assets! Post a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: A&F, About-Face, Actionists, activists, adolescents, advocacy, American Apparel, Amy-Jussel, anti-porn, APA, APA task force sexualization girls, appearance cues, body-positive, boy toys, boycott, branding-youth, cause marketing, Childhood Matters, cultures of dignity, Dads, Daughters, demeaning, Dora, empowerment, Etsy, exploitation, females, feminist, girl revolution, girlcott, Girlcotts, girlpower, growing girls with purpose, harassment, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, HGHW, iPetitions, Live Nation, lyn mikel, mom bloggers, New-Moon-Girl-Media, one angry girl, Packaging-Girlhood, petition, PigTail Pals, porn influence on kids, preteen-health, REVERB, SAHM, self-objectify, sexist slop, sexploitation, sexting, sexting prosecution, sexuality, Sexualization, stay at home dads, t-shirts, Targeting Kids, Tee shirts, teens, tees, thongs, toxic ads, toxic waste, undermining parents, underwear, violence, women

Turning Over a New Leaf: Relationships With Youth

January 7, 2009 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

Packed with fitness resolutions, habit-changing, self-care promises and assorted organizational ‘gotta-dos,’ January is always my reality jolt into what I’ve neglected far too … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: adolescents, Amy-Jussel, at risk girls, at risk youth, behavioral change, bonding, bracelets, breaking habits, Cindy Loughran, Daughters, deterrent, DISC assessment, Dr. Jenn for girls, Dr.-Robyn-Silverman, Germaine Lawrence School, Girls for a Change, Girls helping girls, life choices, living with intention, mothers and daughters, New Leaf, New Leaf Touchstone, New Leaf Touchstones, New Years resolutions, overcome adversity, parenting, personal empowerment, Please Stop the Rollercoaster, Powerful parent, putting the power to change into your hands, relationships, risk, So Sexy So Soon, stress management, Sue Blaney, suicide intervention, Tapestries-of-Hope, teens, touchstones, Weary Parent

GASP: Thrillseeking Kids Haven’t Got The Faintest Clue

January 5, 2009 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

I had really, REALLY hoped to kick off the New Year with all my Positive Picks in media, like Reddit's Feed a Need.org, the new virtual world Elf Island.com, and even commercial eco-efforts like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Media Literacy, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: Add new tag, adolescents, asphyxiation, attention, belts, blackout, brain drain, braincells, breath control, breath play, CDC, choking game, D.A.R.E., dangers, EMO, fainting game, Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play, GASP, how tos, internet-safety, kids brains, Ludacris, ludicrous, media moderation, middle school, noose, out cold, oxygen deprivation, passout, preteens, punch, risky behavior, safety warning, scarf game, space monkey, teen suicides, teens, ties, truth or dare, Weary parents, windpipe, youth risk

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