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Are We Making Matters Worse By All The Body Image Chatter?

September 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

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 … [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

Do New Year Resolutions Work? Parents? Kids? Teens?

January 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 10 Comments

Dec. 30, 2016 Update Now THAT's what I'm talking about... Teen Vogue has just released their 2017 New Year's resolution playlist, and a historic lens of where the tradition came from, and given … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: AAP, breaking cycles, breaking habits, change, diet, goal-setting, habits, health, healthy resolutions for kids, New Year commitments, New Year Resolutions, Parenting-Teens, parents, raising teens, resolution dilution, resolve, Teen New Year's Resolutions, Teen Resolutions, Teen Vogue, teens, turn over a new leaf, youth

Two Angry Moms Bring A Fresh Approach To Shaping Youth 9-21!

September 11, 2008 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Filmmaker Amy Kalafa will be with us in October in person instead of September! Haven’t lost my ad agency headline-writing ability to cram all the vital sponsorship info into a log line, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Fresh Approach, agents of change, Amy Kalafa, Amy-Jussel, Bay Area Parent, Biggest Loser, champions for change, changebloggers. film activism, Cindy Byrne, Dare to compare, diet, Fall Film Fest, fresh choice, good nutrition, gross out game, healthy choices, Healthy-Kids, HFCS, HOPE Collaborative, Jack London Square, junk-food, Kids, Kids health, love your veggies, lunchbox ideas, Media-Kids, network for healthier california, nonprofit entrepreneurs, nutrition, Oakland School Board, organics, Pop-Culture, processed foods, Rachel Ray, Revolution Foods, school lunch, school lunch program, school lunches, social change, TAM documentary, Trader Joes, Two Angry Moms, whole foods, Youth-Media

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