social stigma

The Invisible Boy: A Kids Storybook That Taps A Universal Nerve

May 21, 2014 by Amy Jussel 1 Comment

Update Dec. 24, 2015 We're about to volunteer at a children's homeless shelter doing activities with kids and it reminded me about this post and how I've 'seen so much invisibility' over the holiday season particularly. From social shunning and ostracism within families, to homeless and disenfranchised groups, the holidays bring out a lot of invisibility...keep an eye out with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, anti-bullying, art as healing, Being Ginger, bullying, Bullying Prevention, children and adolescent depression, depression in kids, empathy, feeling invisible, kidlit, kids coping skills, kids mental health, new kid in school, Patrice Barton, relational aggression, resilience, SEL, Social Emotional Learning, social shunning, social stigma, Start Empathy, The Invisible Boy, Trudy Ludwig, World Health Organization

Dialing for Disorders: Let’s Move To Prevent Them By July 12!

June 29, 2010 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

June 29, 2010 As a kids' health advocate (inside and out) I’ve been covering the "HUGE" conversation pertaining to media’s responsibility and accountability in how the portrayal of being overweight in our appearance-obsessed culture is handled. (Huge: Part One, Part Two) Now it’s time to weigh in on the policy piece. (I'm not referring to RWJF's annual "F as in Fat" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Alcee Hastings, Athlete-Models, body dissatisfaction, bullying, CDC, champions for change, childhood obesity, children, confidence, congressional hearings, Counter-marketing, Dare to compare, dieting, Eating Disorders Coalition, eating-disorders, ED, EDC, Fat camp, fat is fiscal, fat kids, Female-Athletes, fitness, game plan, girls-self-worth, gymnastics, holistic health, Huge, Jess Weiner, junk-food, Kids health, Let's Move, Make it or break it, network for healthier california, Nikky Blonsky, nutrition, obesity, obesity prevention, P.E., physical education, physical fitness, physical fitness kids, portion distortion, Rebecca Scritchfield, social stigma, teens, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Verb, weight, weight loss, wellness, Yale's Rudd Center

Media Addiction vs. Agency: The Context of Control Part Two

January 13, 2010 by Amy Jussel 11 Comments

Jan. 13, 2010 My brother AND my mother sent me this little cartoon jab which left me snickering and simultaneously standing up to stretch. As evidenced in part one of addiction vs. agency in media management, I'm not the type to be consumed by disordered terminology, symptoms and panic statistics flinging about... If I were, I might have seen it as a dire familial sign or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: 8 ways you might be insane, agency, Alexandra Rampy, Avatar blues, behavior, cellphone contracts, Center for Online Addiction, Common Sense Media, computer addiction, disorders, DML Competition, family media agreements, family time, free agency, healthy media diet, internet addiction, internet addiction quiz, junk science, Kids, labeling, Media management, media-literacy, medical terminology, net addiction, privileges, psychetruth, psychiatrists, psychiatry, psychologist, reimaging learning, risk management, rules, self-analysis, self-help, Sheeple, shrinks, SmartyCard, social stigma, social-media, symptoms of internet addiction, teens