

New
Interview -
July 20:
Lisa Ray
The Magical Year Without Disney
Podcast:
Interview
Witness for Childhood Lance Strate
Institute of General Semantics
Calendar 2010
LINKS
• Action Alliance for Children
•American Academy of Pediatrics
•Annenberg Public Policy-Media
••Berkman-Harvard/Internet Studies
•Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood
• Center on Media and Child Health
• Media Awareness Network (Canada)
•PBS Kids-Media Literacy Games
When we talk about media and young children, we often speak of values. Whose values do we mean? Some are most concerned with violence, some with early sexualization, others with commercialization of childhood. Healthy media choices are not necessarily the same from one family to another. We need solutions that respect and build on our own understanding and priorities.
Healthy Media Choices, a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Vermont and New York, helps parents, caregivers and teachers of young children use their own insights to come to terms with media influence.
Our workshops for parents, caregivers and teachers:
•are research-based, non-judgmental and embrace
multi-cultural perspectives.
•take place in schools, libraries, national and regional conferences and with groups meeting in community centers and private homes.
We:
•look at research about early childhood development and media
•use exercises and self-assessment tools to access what we already understand
•share in small and general group discussions
•strategize for intentional and creative use of media in enjoyable, age-appropriate ways.
We help you bring media literacy home
Donations are heartily appreciated and acknowledged.