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Positive Picks In Media & Marketing: Pigtail Pals, Redefining Girly

May 5, 2011 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

May 5, 2011 To prevent founder flameout and “battle fatigue” in the fight to win the hearts and mindshare of our children, I’ve decided to devote May to “spring forward” with media and marketing examples of companies, orgs, and projects who are POSITIVE influences and  “doing it right.” Shaping Youth is shining the spotlight on indie entities we WISH would get more play … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Counter-marketing, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: age compression, All Things Girl, alternative boutiques, Amy-Jussel, anti-princess, defending pretending, girls clothing, Janesville Wisconsin, kids free to be kids, Melissa Wardy, mompreneurs, online retailers, open ended play, Packaging-Girlhood, PigTail Pals, PigtailPals, play, play outdoors, Pop culture impact on kids, power of play, preserving childhood, putting the child back in childhood, Redefine Girly, redefining girly, selling out kids, sexualization of children, small business, Whimsy Bees, Women of Worth, work from home, worthy small business
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