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Year Round Media That Matters: Positive Picks for Kids

November 26, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Nov. 26, 2012 With all the coinage and consumption swirling around Black Friday and Cyber Monday for people hunting “deals” I think it’s fitting to honor the organizations that deliver positive media … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Counter-marketing, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, books, cause marketing, Club Chica Circle, consumption, Craig Wiesner, critical thinking, Cyber Monday, Derrick Kikuchi, gender and media portrayals, gender equality, girls leadership, girls self esteem, girls-self-worth, Green Festival, Humane Education, kids online community, meaningful gifts, media mindfulness, Media stereotypes, media-literacy, Nancy-Gruver, New Moon Girls, online gifts for kids, online magazine, positive kids toys, positive media influence, reach and teach, ScrapKins, social justice, teachable moments, Toward the Stars, transform the world, Zoe Weil

The Perfect Gift for a Man: Reinventing Manhood (Book)

December 9, 2009 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

Dec. 9, 2009 And now for the GOOD news! Yesterday for I wrote about ‘boys being turned into monsters’ with toxic marketing proliferation about what it means to be masculine, rolling out narrowcast … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: ActNow, AOC, AOC1, AOC2, AOC3, APA, Australia, becoming a man, book giveaway, boys, boys to men, Buffed-Boys, change agents, collaborative book, courageous men, depression, Derrick Kikuchi, Drew McClellan, Gavin Heaton, Gender, GIJoe, humanity, identity, Inspire Foundation, male heroes, male stereotypes, males, manhood, manhood for amateurs, ManWeek, masculinity, Media stereotypes, men, men and media, monster, Muscle-Men, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, peace, reach and teach, Reach Out, reinvention, Ron Mattocks, self-worth, Servant of Chaos, slackers, social-media, suicide, suicide prevention, superheroes, teens, The Age of Conversation, The Good Men Project, The Perfect Gift for a Man, Tikkun Daily, toxic cues to kids, warrior men

Childhood Matters Radio Show: Raising Strong, Healthy Girls Today

July 19, 2009 by Amy Jussel 12 Comments

July 19, 2009 Here are some of the brand new resources or lesser known resources I named on the air today for those seeking SOLUTIONS rather than just identifying problems to get girls strong from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Misogyny & Racism, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: All Things Girl, Amy-Jussel, athletes, Childhood Matters, Daughters.com, Early-Sexualization, Empowering girls, Feel Good Girl, Felicia Richardson Battle, Fem2.0, females, Frank W. Baker, Geena Davis Institute, Gender, Gender Roles, gifted girls, Girl Mogul, girls, Girls for a Change, Girls-Are-Champions, How I Look Journal, Jean Kilbourne, leaders, Lisa Izzi, media and women, Media Clearinghouse, Media stereotypes, media-literacy, Nan Dellheim, New Moon, Nurse Rona Renner, parenting, pink and blue, Pop-Culture, prime time TV, raising girls, Representation, Respect Rx, smart girls, So Sexy So Soon, teens, The Daddy Shift, The Girl Revolution, true child, tweens, women, women 2.0, women and media