Sept. 24, 2015 As a partner organization in the first ever Digital Citizenship Summit October 3, 2015 bringing in thought leaders and stakeholders from the student, parent, educator and industry … [Read more...]
Media Literacy: 50 Talking Points for 50 Shades of Grey
February 13, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Feb. 13, 2015 Talk about Angry Birds. Parents have been swept into the viral vortex of a gazillion ambient ads piling on to the relentless hype of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie opening today.From sex … [Read more...]
Hollywood Climate Change: Warming to Sheroes or Still in Denial?
January 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Jan. 7, 2014 2014 is the year of Redefining Girly. Not just Redefining Girly, the new book on gender stereotypes and sexualization of kids by parent actionist Melissa Wardy, but redefining girly in … [Read more...]
Gifts of Time, Tech Training for Dad’s Day
June 13, 2013 by 2 Comments
June 13, 2013 Our family just wrapped up an impromptu multi-generational digital debriefing with all ages in town for teen graduation. “Wait, how’d you DO that?” became the common refrain of the day, … [Read more...]
Brave Girls Want: Change. That’s Not Merida, Disney. Be Brave and Fix It
May 23, 2013 by 4 Comments
June 11, 2013 Update: Brave Girls Want.com is now live! Use the hashtag #BraveGirlsWant on Twitter and “like” the new Facebook site to add your voice and views on the impact of media and marketing … [Read more...]
How to Drive STEM Careers By Making Math Relevant and Fun!
March 29, 2012 by 7 Comments
March 29, 2012 Good luck to our friends "The Shop Girls" the only all-girls teen team at the Shell Eco-Marathon in Houston this weekend, and congratulations on today's public radio interview, "Cars … [Read more...]
Part One: Shaping Youth Interviews Racialicious on Pop Culture Cues
August 28, 2007 by 8 Comments
Racism is a loaded term that sends politically correct media outlets running for cover and well-meaning pundits into shaky quaky territory. It’s no wonder that kids themselves can get … [Read more...]
Spider-Man 3: Web of Influence In Kid-Culture
May 7, 2007 by 3 Comments
There are plenty of spins on the Spider-Man 3 record-breaking $382 million worldwide “priciest movie ever made" buzz...so I’m going to take a deconstructionist view about summer box … [Read more...]
Youth Culture Clash: When Parody Strikes & Adults Freeze
May 1, 2007 by 2 Comments
Keeping my finger on ‘whassup’ in youth culture can lead to ‘life’s most embarrassing moments’ in a keystroke. Case in point? I stay apprised with what’s … [Read more...]
Web 2.0’s Fun Forward: “The Machine is Us!”
March 16, 2007 by 4 Comments
Ever try to explain the phrase Web 2.0 in a digital sound bite? This brilliantly fun little 4-minute video from professor Michael Wesch of Kansas State University does the trick. This digital ditty … [Read more...]
Food For Thought: Media to Digest for Healthier Kids
March 7, 2007 by 8 Comments
March is National Nutrition Month, so Shaping Youth is adding to the ADA's Eat Right web resources with some fun and worthy positive picks in food media to share with your kids, boost their media … [Read more...]
Wrigley Field Now Sounds Like a Deodorant
February 15, 2007 by Leave a Comment
There's "ad creep" in the outfield. Under Armour logos will now blare through the historic ivy-covered walls of venerable Wrigley Field. Hard to imagine the two doors in left and right field … [Read more...]
7 clues to a New Year’s riddle for the 7th year of 2000
January 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment
This landed in my e-mail from some pals of mine, and it seems worthy to toss out there to get kids thinking along these lines and open up some dialogue. Yes, I’m being ambiguous on purpose so I … [Read more...]
