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Media, Monster or Magic

Media influence on kids has become the subject of increased focus by parents, educators and health care professional.  New research has named several areas of influence in which media content has a negative effect on children. Violence and aggressive behavior, sexual content, body image and self esteem and physical health and school performance were sited [...]

What Are Your Kids Doing Right Now?

Many of you may have heard the report from the New York Times this week regarding the amount of time kids spend using some form of media device.  I will be investigating various aspects of this article in the coming months.

I am a child of the 50’s when radio, record players and TV were the [...]