childrens health

“Brave Girls Want” Marissa Mayer to Lead, Not Follow

August 23, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Aug. 22, 2013 Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has posed a vast public health problem in the latest edition of Vogue……Literally and figuratively.That can be a good thing if it helps ignite a media conversation … [Read more...]

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National Assoc for Media Literacy Education: Amy Jussel, Resource Roundup

July 9, 2013 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

July 8, 2013 Gearing up for speaking at my first ever National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) conference this coming weekend, I’m taming butterflies as I’m honored to be on a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Media Literacy Tagged With: adolescent body image, Animoto, beyonce, childrens health, Counter-marketing, Dare to compare, digital tools, fast food labeling, food marketing kids, health literacy, junk food in schools, kids nutrition, kids-food-products, media-literacy, NAMLE, Nutrition & Wellness, nutrition labeling, Olympics Junk Food Fail, pepsi and Let's Move, Positive Body Image, school wellness programs, Sexualization & Body Image, soda, sports drinks, Talking to Kids About Junk Food

Brave Girls Want: Change. That’s Not Merida, Disney. Be Brave and Fix It

May 23, 2013 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

June 11, 2013 Update: Brave Girls Want.com is now live! Use the hashtag #BraveGirlsWant on Twitter and “like” the new Facebook site to add your voice and views on the impact of media and marketing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: A Mighty Girl, Amy-Jussel, beauty ideal, brain plasticity, Brave, Brave Girls Want, Brenda Chapman, child development, childrens health, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Disney-Princesses, Dr Jennifer Shewmaker, gender stereotypes, Girls CEO Connection, girls self esteem, Keep Merida Brave, merchandising, Merida petition, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting girls, Princess Free Zone, princesses, redefining girly, sexualized dolls, Shaping Youth, That's Not Merida, Toward the Stars, toy industry, Vapid Values

Talking to Kids About Headline News; The Positive Social Media Lens

April 15, 2013 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Talking with Kids About Ukraine: Resource Roundup March 10, 2022 Update-Russia's Invasion of Ukraine As parents and educators grapple with urgent headlines, grisly visuals and untenable war crimes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Media Literacy, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: ACE, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Amy-Jussel, Boston Marathon, Boston Marathon Tragedy, childhood trauma, children media management, children media violence, childrens health, Dark-Knight, explaining current events to kids, explosion, Facing Fear, first responders tragedy, focus on the positive, Good news beats bad news, impact of world news on kids, KBO, Keep Buggering On, Kids and headline news, kids coping with violence, kids feeling unsafe, kids stress, kids-media, Look for the helpers, media massacres, media-literacy, Mr. Rogers, Patriot's Day, Patton Oswalt, resources to reassure kids, Sandy Hook, social media positive news, Talking to kids about Boston Marathon, talking with kids about Ferguson, Talking with kids about Ukraine, Talking with kids about war, terrorism, Tools to teach about 9-11, violent news, war in Ukraine, What to say to kids

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 … [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

Using Media With Mindfulness

April 1, 2011 by Amy Jussel 31 Comments

Update Jan. 14, 2016 Fame focus...don't bite the hook! Adding this excellent post by Ryan Holiday of the NY Observer calling out the recent Rolling Stone ratings raunch along with a slough of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Product Placement, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: Abercrombie, advocacy, African Americans, alcohol in the media, alcopops, American Apparel, backlash, Baiting Outrage, Blast Colt 45, Brand jamming, childrens health, childrens rights, Clawdeen, commodification, critical thinking, ghetto marketing, guerilla marketing, Hastac, hiphop, Industry Ears, lifestyle cancers, malt liquor, Marin Institute, media incivility, media mindfulness, media vitriol, media-literacy, mindfulness, Monster High Dolls, new media journalism, padded swimsuits seven year olds, payola, preteen-health, push up bras for kids, race baiting, radio DJ samplings, selling out kids, Sexualization, shock schlock, SnoopDog, social justice, substance abuse, teens, there goes the hood, Tuft's study, tweens, underage drinking, undermining parents, whacked in the assets

Shaping Youth is Expanding: Sneak Peek and Needs Please?

February 22, 2011 by Amy Jussel 2 Comments

Feb 22, 2011 Breaking into The Power of Play series for a sneak peek into what's occupying so much of my time...expanding Shaping Youth's web presence. No secret that I’m a media maven that's media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Miscellaneous, Nutrition & Wellness, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, blog redesign, Body Blitz Media Shaping Youth, changing the channel of influence, childrens health, Critical-thinking-skills, Dr.-Robyn-Silverman, feedback loop, freecycling, Jess Weiner, kidlit, Kids health, media influence, media-literacy, Packaging-Girlhood, parenting, Shaping Youth expansion, sneak peek, So Sexy So Soon, teen reads, The Third Place, website expansion, wellness, YA books, YALSA, Zipcast

Turning Boys Into Monsters: Energy Drink Leaves A Foul Taste (Again)

December 8, 2009 by Amy Jussel 26 Comments

Dec. 8, 2009 It’s Tuesday, time for our weekly “Packaging Boyhood” focus, so what better time than the holiday season to sound the 'red' siren on the 'green' brand that tween and teen boys are sucking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: alcohol, alcopops, behavior, BJ-Fogg, boys, Burger King, caffeine, Camel Orbs, cardiac, childrens health, cocktail, energy fiend, energy shots, energy-drinks, jolt and crash, kids nutrition, Lyn Mikel-Brown, macho, manhood, Mark Tappan, market confusion, marketing, masculinity, monster, monster hitman, objectification, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, paid to party, persuasion, pink cigarettes, preteen-health, Red Bull, RockStar, Sharon Lamb, shooters, sodium, squarebutts, sugary sodas, taurine, teens, thinspiration, toxic cues, toxic cues to kids, violence, wellness, Xtreme

October: Marketing Month For Mind-Body Health

October 1, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Oct. 1, 2009 As a compelling touchpoint for Health Literacy month, which includes October’s Domestic Violence Awareness programs, RespectRx reminds, "15.5 million children in the United States live … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: advocates, BAM, BDC, Blame Drew's Cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness, CDC, childrens health, choices, Courtney-Macavinta, cyber safety, dating violence, domestic violence, EPA, Family Health, FDA, girls, health, health info, Health Literacy Month, Health month, Health2.0 Conference, Hey Josh!, HHS, Josh Shipp, Kids, KidsHealth, leadership, lifestyle, lifestyle cancers, National School Lunch week, Nemours, NIEHS, NMH, October, October 2009, Pohly.com, preteens, Red Ribbon Days, RespectRx, teens, youth

Filmmakers Amy Kalafa and Amy Jussel Team Up Oct.20!

October 7, 2008 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

For those fed up with junk food in school lunch programs come stir up a recipe for change, as Shaping Youth once again hosts our “screen a movie, make a difference” film fest, this time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy Kalafa, Amy-Jussel, Ann Cooper, Appetite for Profit, Bay Area Parent, Body Blitz, Body Blitz Media Shaping Youth, champion change, Childhood Matters, childrens health, dietary needs, farmers markets, food policy, fresh approach, fresh produce, Health 2.0, HFCS, HFCS corn wars debate, HFCS debate, informed eating, junk-food, Kids health, lunchbox ideas, MPH, nutrition education, October 20 Amy Kalafa, organic food, Parents Place, PCFMA, RD, school lunch, School nutrition week, Screen a movie make a difference, sustainable living, The Green Zebra, Two Angry Moms, UNAFF, vegan kids

P.A.C.K. Week (Pack Assorted Colors for Kids) is ReBranded

September 22, 2008 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Hands up if you’ve heard that TODAY is “pack purple day” to load lunchboxes with fresh blueberries, grapes, raisins, etc.? Um, yah, I thought not. Last year the "5-a-day" folks … [Read more...]

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Get Greens For Your School: Free Idea Hamster Here to Help

September 12, 2008 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

Free ideas for the asking, folks! It’s not every day you see me donating brain time for a grant tied in with corporate sponsorship, as I can smell a wellness PR ploy a mile away…but the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, branding, cancer prevention, CCFC, childrens health, commercialism in schools, dips and veggies, farmers markets, fresh produce, fruits and vegetables, Hidden Valley Ranch, idea hamster, junk food in schools, K-6 schools wellness, kids greens, kids-fitness, love your veggies, LoveYourVeggiesGrant, More Matters, nutrition grants, obesity prevention, PBH, preteen-health, Produce better health, ranch dressing, RWJF, salad bar, salad dressing dips, school lunch, School Nutrition Association, school wellness programs, USDA guidelines, veggies