Dec. 31, 2012 Prequel to New Year's Eve... Long gone are the days when I could host a “New Year's at Noon Bubble Wrap Stomp” and watch little kids gleefully squirt silly string at each other in rowdy ‘make as much noise as you can” festivity for a honking good time... Those with older teens like myself are looking for healthier choices for teen New Year plans and maybe … [Read more...]
Media Messages and Binge Drinking Influence On Teens
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values Tagged With: AAP, adolescent drinking, alcohol in movies, alcohol in the media, alcohol justice, binge drinking, calculate the cost of alcohol, energy drinks and alcohol, Glee Teen Sex Facts, Hanewinkel research, Happy New Year, Kids health, Kids Prime Time TV, media influence on teens, New Year Resolutions, New Years, Packaging-Boyhood, partying culture, social media alcohol intervention, social norming, substance abuse, teen drinking, Teen New Year's Resolutions, teens and alcohol, The Hangover, toxic cues to kids, toys encouraging alcohol use, troubled teens, tween binge drinking, underage drinking
Kids, Media & Intimacy: What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Update Feb. 13, 2018 Related research and an excellent NYT read on the need for "porn literacy" given that teens exposure to online porn sites is distorting their lens of peer social norming, healthy intimacy, and respect and consent. WAY past time for comprehensive sexed and critical thinking on consent to prevent misinformation and disinformation. Oh, and by the way, could we … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: AllyKatzz, buffed boy, celebrity, digital youth, Facebook virtual stage, faux intimacy, Glee Teen Sex Facts, healthy relationships, hottie factor, intimacy, Kids health, kids media influence, Mary Kay Hoal, Me generation, Miss Representation, narcissism, objectification, Occupy Valentine's Day, Rosalind Wiseman, Sexualization, social networks, teen dating, text me, texting, TextPlus, tween d-8ing, Tween dating, tweet me, UGC, Valentines Day, virtual stage, Yoursphere