FTC Approves Children’s Protection Program I Supported
I am very pleased that the Federal Trade Commission has voted unanimously to approve a program I supported to increase the protection of children and teens online. The Children's Online Privacy...
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Happy Screen-Free Week!
Nationwide Screen-Free Week begins today through May 6. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has a list of some of Read the full post here »
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Kids’ Toys and Costumes for the PG-13 “The Avengers”
"The Avengers" is a PG-13 superhero movie with "intense sequences of action violence throughout and a drug reference," according to the MPAA. So why is it marketing the film via action figures...Read...
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Television Expands Content Ratings
It didn't make sense to have "content ratings" advising parents of adult content in programs when they were broadcast but not when they were viewed online. So I join FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski,...
View ArticleParental Alert: Pornography and Abuse on Teen Websites
Habbo Hotel, a popular social media website for teenagers, is reopening after suspending its interactive functions following an investigative journalist's reports of abuse. Following Tuesday's...
View ArticleSummer Activity for Kids: Memorize Poems
"Whose woods these are, I think I know...." You know how I know? My mother told me that would be a good poem to memorize when I was eight. I still know it by heart. One of the best things you can do...
View ArticleTeaching Kids About “Stuff”
I like Kirsten Greenidge's piece in the Boston Globe about what she did when her children had tantrums in a store. She said she understands the appeal of "stuff." And she described how the seemingly...
View ArticleSmile of the Week: An NPR Reporter’s Daughter Cuts Her Sister’s Hair
When a five year old gave her sister a haircut, their father interviewed them to get the whole story and the result is adorable....Read the full post here »
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Free This Weekend: Ebook About Parenting
This weekend only, get Annie Fox's ebook, Teaching Kids to Be Good People: Progressive Parenting for the 21st Century for free on Amazon. “Not all teachers are parents, but all parents are...Read the...
View ArticleSome Scary Facts to Follow Screen-Free Week
For a look at the scope and consequences of today's media-saturated culture on children, check out these charts and an article from Utne about the impact of nonstop corporate marketing through kids'...
View ArticleGeena Davis Has Some Great New Guidance for Families
Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis has released a slew of exclusive videos with the LA-based video parenting site, Kids In The House, with thoughtful and heartfelt insights on hot topics in the...
View ArticleParticipate in an Important Study of the Impact of Screen Time on Kids
Parents -- Here is your chance to help scientists who are studying the impact of screen time on children. No generation has been as saturated with media as this one. Babies learn to play with...
View ArticleGuidelines for Family Movie Night from Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media has some common sense guidelines for family movie night. The range of opportunities for solitary consumption of media has led to less time for families to sit down at the same time...
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I Hope This Idea from a New Jersey Restaurant Goes Viral
Cheers to The Station in Bernardsville, NJ. They give patrons a basket for their phones and other devices. And then if the customers make...Read the full post here »
View ArticleLimiting Screentime
It's a challenge to keep kids away from television and computers and tablets and smartphones, especially in the winter when they are indoors much of the time, and when they're out of school. And it is...
View ArticleThe Present NOT to Buy Your Children Next Christmas
Dreamworks is teaming up with Fuhu, the maker of tablets for children to create the first tablet in which the content provider controls what the user sees. In other words, it's more like a...
View ArticleSlate’s New Parenting Podcast
I am a big fan of Slate's podcasts, especially the Culture Gabfest, and am delighted that Dan Kois (of the excellent Book Club) is co-hosting Read the full post here »
View ArticleShould We Ban Hand-Held Devices for Kids?
Cris Rowan has a provocative but compelling piece in Huffington Post arguing that no one under 12 should use smart phones, tablets, or other devices. Her reasons include studies linking the amount of...
View ArticleA Dad and His Daughter Make Time for Movies
Cinema Blend has a terrific new series called Parental Guidance, the saga of a devoted dad and his 15 year old daughter who've agreed to watch some of the dad's favorite movies together. So far,...
View ArticleTeaching Kids Kindness: Richard Weissbourd
I am a big fan of Richard Weisbourd, author of The Parents We Mean To Be: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermine Children's Moral and Emotional DevelopmentRead the full post here »
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