Self-worth-kids

When We Were Free To Be: Revisiting A Classic w/Deesha Philyaw

December 18, 2012 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Dec. 18, 2012 This year marks not only the 40th Anniversary of Title IX changing women’s sports forever, it’s also the 40th Anniversary of the cycle-breaking, movement-making pop culture childrens' … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, People Shaping Youth, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: 40th Anniversary Free to Be, 40th Anniversary Title IX, 70s sitcoms, African American sitcoms, Amy-Jussel, black sitcoms, children's classics, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Co-Parenting 101, cultural literacy, Deesha Philyaw, feminine versus feminist, Free to Be, Free to Be at 40, Geena Davis Institute, gender and media portrayals, Gender neutral toys, Gender Portrayal, gender research, Girl Child Press, Glee, kids free to be kids, Laura Lovett, Lego Friends, Lori Rotskoff, Marlo Thomas, media-literacy, Michael Jackson Grew Up, Modern Family, Nancy-Gruver, New Moon Girls, Norman Lear Center, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, Peggy Orenstein, Pop culture impact on kids, Pop-Culture, race and class stereotypes, SEL, Self-worth-kids, Social Emotional Learning, Title IX, When We Were Free to Be

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

Buffed Boy Body Image and Teen Scene ‘Hottie’ Factor

June 24, 2008 by Amy Jussel 32 Comments

Teen pals a little testier than usual? Ever heard of ‘roid rage?’ Awhile back I wrote about body image issues offering “equal opportunity toxicity” as young boys have increased body dysmorphia, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values Tagged With: About-Face, Adonis-Complex, Alison-Field, Anabolic-Steroids, Bigorexia, Body-Dysmorphia, Bodybuilding, Buffed-Boys, Crunk, Cutting-Anxiety-Adolescence, Dr.-Lyn-Mikel-Brown, Dr.Sharon-Lamb, Energy-Drinks-Yohimbe, Growing-Up-Today, GUTS, Harvard-Medical-School-Adolescent-Research, Lightyear-XTreme, Male-Body-Image, Muscle-Men, NIDA, Packaging-Boyhood, Packaging-Girlhood, Parenting-Teens, Pecs, Preteen-Boys, Psychiatric-Pediatrics, Ripped-Six-Pack-Abs, Rona-Renner, self-esteem-children-puberty, Self-worth-kids, Sexuality-Boys, Sexualization & Body Image, Steroids

Amy Jussel Follow

Founder, https://t.co/pXG3JwXd6b Passionista, media/marketing analyst, youth advocate, former ad agency pro, author of media literacy kidlit series https://t.co/6RdcLWjQlL

Retweet on Twitter Amy Jussel Retweeted

Avatar Jay Rosen @jayrosen_nyu ·

26 Nov

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos says his network’s friendly interview with Trump, “put in doubt the independence of our news department.”

"We cannot... offer Trump an open microphone to broadcast his falsehoods and conspiracy theories."

[gift link]

Reply on Twitter 1728611013606404216 Retweet on Twitter 1728611013606404216 1618 Like on Twitter 1728611013606404216 5654 Twitter 1728611013606404216

Retweet on Twitter Amy Jussel Retweeted

Avatar Sam Wineburg @samwineburg ·

16 Nov

Out today! A driver's manual for staying sane on the internet. @holden

Reply on Twitter 1725180037224382837 Retweet on Twitter 1725180037224382837 37 Like on Twitter 1725180037224382837 114 Twitter 1725180037224382837

Avatar Amy Jussel @shapingyouth ·

16 Nov

As @jayrosen_nyu so clearly states, it's "not the odds, but the stakes"...Media and #journo can convey context without partisan pandering, clearly citing facts on autocracy objectively...@Sulliview is right, the public deserves to be informed. #NewsLiteracy #democracy

Reply on Twitter 1725226996782022760 Retweet on Twitter 1725226996782022760 Like on Twitter 1725226996782022760 Twitter 1725226996782022760

Avatar Amy Jussel @shapingyouth ·

16 Nov

Dangerous 🆘📢to see this, given they've once AGAIN just enabled their platform to post lies claiming a rigged election when it was not! This is how democracies are overthrown with #misinformation Have media learned nothing? #Journo pay attention! WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-allows-ads-claiming-rigged-2020-election-on-facebook-instagram-309b678d?mod=e2tw

Reply on Twitter 1725191593626649067 Retweet on Twitter 1725191593626649067 Like on Twitter 1725191593626649067 Twitter 1725191593626649067

Load More