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	Dora Who? When I was pregnant, my husband and told people we were quite happy to remain TV-less, and they reacted as though we were planning on getting rid of our indoor plumbing.
	The Wonders of Reading About a month ago, I did something which shocked my husband and dismayed my children: I unplugged the television and told them that I didn't want it on anymore.
	Children and Social Networks With pornography, profanity, and exposure to sexual advances, parents are expressing their concerns about their children and online social networks.
	War Chests to Toy Chests I realized that if parents were to transform their children's war chests into toy chests--they would need a lot of help and support.
	Stealing Childhood What will happen to our 8 to 12 year olds now that they've been labeled tweens? Most will relish the idea and dive into all that tween is defined as, just as adolescents dove into being teenagers.
	Nurturing Creators Every child is a creator first, but commercialism does war on children's inherent rich nature.
	Green Up the Holidays Until now, most of us have established holiday habits based on what is easy, inexpensive, and traditional. But today many parents question if this is healthy for their kids and their planet.
	Media Literacy: An Operational Definition What does it really mean to be media literate? It means becoming aware of the importance of balancing one's media "diet".
	Media Literacy: Common Persuasion Techniques You and your children can become more critical media observers by learning to spot these 11 persuasive techniques.
	The Parent's Bill Of Rights: Helping Moms And Dads Fight Commercialism The history of the last century could be written as the story of how marketers contrived to bypass parents.
	Why They Whine Thousands of the brightest minds in the country devote their great talent, and use sophisticated psychological techniques, to influence your children to purchase products.
	Writing a Gift Letter Here's an example of how to explain your gift preferences to friends and family.
	Mothering Special Report - CPSIA This Mothering Special Report on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act will keep you up to date on how this law is influencing the way toys and other childhood products are tested.
	Outsmarting the Bratz When my daughter came back from a birthday party with a Bratz loot bag and told me all about those really cool dolls that she couldn't wait to own, I was shocked.
	The Fast Food Trap: How Commercialism Creates Overweight Children Exploring the role of mass media and corporate culture in an epidemic of obesity
	The Making of a Media Literate Mind Marketing threatens your children's psychological integrity. The best protection? Education.
	Motherhood in the Media: How the Mainstream Press is Failing Families in Election Coverage Mass media coverage of mothering has been more revealing about news values than about the issues that matter most to families.
	Kids & Commercialism Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: an organization a national coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups and concerned parents who counter the harmful effects of marketing to children through action, advocacy, education, research, and collaboration.
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