Jan. 4, 2016 About a year after I wrote this initial post, Lottie dolls have reached the stars, with recent accolades as the first doll in space designed as Stargazer Lottie by a six year old Canadian child. On Dec. 15, 2015, she launched into the media with input from real life 'sheroes' like astronomer Karen Masters and a hand from our own filmmaker friend Elena Rossini of … [Read more...]
Lottie Dolls: Positive Picks for Healthier Play
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Are We Making Matters Worse By All The Body Image Chatter?
Sept. 3, 2009 Lots of chatter on Twitter about yesterday's Jezebel piece and the WSJ article about dieting 4th graders. It leads off, "In 1986, 80% of fourth-grade girls were dieting. Wall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow interviewed 100 of them back then, and recently followed up with a few, asking if they think things are getting better for girls. The verdict: It's … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Advertising, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Barbie doll, body image issues getting worse, childhood obesity, children, Claire-Mysko, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, diet, dieting children, Dr.-Robyn-Silverman, eating-disorders, epidemiology, feel good, girls, healthy choices, I'm like so fat, idealized images, Jeffrey Zaslow, Jezebel, Kelly Clarkson, kids nutrition, media influence, media-literacy, parenting, photoshopping body image, preteen, psychology, puberty, self-esteem, Self-worth-kids, teens, thinspiration, Wall Street Journal, weight, weight obsession, worry