Creating a Media Guideline for Your Family
A media guideline is a great tool for protecting your family from online dangers and excessive usage of devices. By Caron C. Andrews Cell phones, televisions, iPods, tablets, laptops, PCs—they’ve become a way of life and a way of communicating and relating to each...
I Was A Teenage “SL*T”
Teach your child about healthy sexuality now to avoid pitfalls later. By Amanda Grossman-Scott I remember in high school hearing rumors about girls who hooked up a lot. I’d secretly wonder about them; what did they do to attract guys? No matter what we “good girls”...
Talking With My Children About Rape
By Shawn Tucker Sadly, rape is a topic that parents who want to empower their children cannot avoid. I teach at a small, private university, and I have had far too many conversations with students who have been raped. Given that experience, some years ago before my...
Media Literacy: Ads Sell More Than Products to Our Kids
By Amanda Grossman-Scott This article is the third in a series about media literacy and how to teach your children to look and think critically about the media they view. Last Christmas I took my kids shopping. One of them felt he’d hit the jackpot when he...
