
This morning I had the honor of participating on a panel for the Minnesota Public Health Association,Unhealthy Influences: The Impact of Advertising on the Health of Children...

Parents for Ethical Marketing New Moon Media, who produces ad-free New Moon Magazine and supports on online community for girls 8 - 12, is in danger of going out of business. Please consider a gift subscription for a girl you know -- or donate one to a library or classroom! If you know New Moon, you know it is vital to keep this resource available to girls.
Source: www.newmoon.com
New Moon Girls is an inspirational magazine and online for girls ages 8 to 12 to engage in self-discovery, creativity, and community.

Kudos to all the smart parents who knew that Baby Einstein videos would not make their babies smarter: If anyone believedDisney had cued into a magic, painless way to create babies guaranteed to test into the Gifted and Talented Education program by third grade, their children’s bigger problem w...

A thrilling success for CCFC: Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those “Baby Einstein” videos that did not make children into geniuses. Th...

Parents for Ethical Marketing A stunning victory! Pass the word to parents far and wide!
Source: www.commercialexploitation.org
We've got great news. CCFC's ongoing campaign to stop the false and deceptive marketing of baby videos has had a stunning success. We've persuaded the Walt Disney Company to offer a full refund to anyone who purchased a Baby Einstein DVD in the last five years. The refund is only available for a ...

Parents for Ethical Marketing For parents who want their kids to be immersed in the Nickelodeon brand 24/7.
Source: www.kidstodayonline.com
Lea and Nickelodeon have teamed up to launch Nickelodeon My Room, an extensive collection of youth bedroom furniture debutingat the HighPoint Marketthis week.

AnAmerican Girl Doll catalog arrived in our mailbox yesterday. When I calledto be removed from their mailing list, I found out ouraddress had been purchased from another companybut that thecustomer service representative could delete our address from all future mailings...

Parents for Ethical Marketing For those of you who have been asking: What about our sons?
Source: packagingboyhood.com
saving our sons from superheroes, slackers, and other media stereotypes

There are so many ways to criticize the American Girl doll complex.If you still need convincing, Dr...

Chris Steller writes about the University of Minnesota’s marching band forming the TCF logo on a new promotional video. ...

The longer I do thisadvocacything the more I realize how many other people are running terrific campaigns with the same goals as ours: Helping create healthy children and families. The internet and social media helps us all to share and disseminate information...

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From The Commercialism in Education Research Unit, a partner center of the Education Policy Research Unit at Arizona State University -- http://epicpolicy.org/publication/school house-commercialism-2009
Source: epicpolicy.org
As part of their efforts to create a total advertising environment, companies continue to aggressively market in school to children and youth. Advertisers now routinely blur the boundaries between editorial content and advertising in an effort to thoroughly infuse childhood with marketing messages. ...

Sara
Hey, have y'all seen this? FTC To Host Forum on Food Marketing to Children http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/09/foodmarke t.shtm

Parents for Ethical Marketing Thanks to the Campaign for a Commerical Free Childhood and members of Parents for Ethical Marketing: Our voices were heard!
Source: www.usnews.com
A company that broadcast music and commercials in thousands of school buses is shutting down.












