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Media Awareness
Three Real-Life Benefits for Kids that Use Social Media
by Jessica McGarrity Thanks to the continual advancement of modern technology, the world is a much different place than it was even a single generation ago. Socialization for children of past generations was limited to the contact found face-to-face or through letters or telephone calls. However, thanks to the Internet and social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, the face of social interaction has changed drastically. ...read more »
9 Tips for Modelling Healthy Media Habits in Your Kids
by Dr. Wayne Warburton It is almost impossible to stop children accessing media, so it is important for parents to help children become healthy consumers of media. Children understand that smoking is harmful to your health, that chocolate is a sometimes food but that vegetables are everyday foods, and many other facts that they internalise as they learn to self-regulate their behaviour. ...read more »
How Kids Can Learn From Current Events
by Dr. Wayne Warburton Whether we like it or not, our children are going to engage with the wider world more and more as they grow older. Having a wider knowledge of how the world works (in both positive and negative ways) provides them with a wider framework in which to understand events in their own lives and events as they occur to others. ...read more »
Australian Council on Children and the Media
The Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM - incorporating Young Media Australia) supports families, industry and decision makers in building and maintaining a media environment that fosters the health, safety and wellbeing of Australian children. ...read more »
DVDs for Kids and Families
DVDs for Kids and Families
A great selection of family favourites, classic re-releases (pictured is 'The Fox and The Hound' 30th Anniversay Edition), adventure documentaries, kids' TV series, comedies, fairy tales, and new releases. Delivery to your doorstep at competitive prices. ...read more »
The Internet Movie Database - Parent Advisory
This useful database is a comprehensive listing of movies categorised into genres, including family. Each movie information page includes photos, cast information, rating, reviews, and other details, as well as a very useful parents guide. ...read more »
Today's Superheroes Send Wrong Image to Boys
August 2010 Watching superheroes beat up villains may not be the best image for boys to see if society wants to promote kinder, less stereotypical male behaviors, according to psychologists who spoke at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
Book: Does My Bum Look Big in This Ad?
Does My Bum Look Big in This Ad?
Author: Lisa Cox
Ever wondered why you don't look like the people in magazine ads? There's heaps of books about how popular culture (like advertising) affects the way you feel about yourself. Unfortunately, they're mostly written about young people until now! This handy little book is written for young people. ...read more »
Your Kids, Pop Culture and Body Image
by Lisa Cox You wouldn’t want your young child entering a foreign country without a simple map or guidebook to help them find their way around, would you? Yet every day, children enter the foreign world of popular culture. Their young minds are bombarded with a confusing concoction of mixed, manipulating messages when they watch television, read a magazine, see a billboard, go online.
Book: What's Happening To Our Boys?
What's Happening to Our Boys?
Author: Maggie Hamilton
Following the success of 'What's Happening to Our Girls?', this book investigates a range of the challenges boys and young men face as they grow up in the early 21st century. It aims to confront the problems boys and young men face, and suggest positive and constructive ways to help them grow into resilient, productive and happy individuals. ...read more »
