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Every day children are inundated by endless messages intended to educate, entertain, or influence their behavior. It takes commitment and effort on the part of parents to monitor and help interpret these external influences on children.

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Teen Magazines and Their Effect on Girls

“Teen magazines” is for all intents a synonym for “girls’ magazines.” On the whole, they still convey a two-dimensional impression of adolescent girls as boy-crazy clotheshorses who are obsessed with how they look.

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A Minute for Kids: Cyber Bullying (Video)

A Minute for Kids: Media Violence (Video)

A Minute for Kids: Social Media and Your Child (Video)

Buying Digital Gifts for Kids (Audio)

Cell Phones: What's the Right Age to Start?

Chat, E-Mail, Web, and Chat Room Slang and Acronyms

Creating a Positive Path Online

Cyberbullies (Audio)

Cyberbullying

CyberSafe Glossary

Food Ads on TV (Audio)

How to Talk to Your Kids Using Technology

I Want That! (Audio)

Internet Safety Tips (Audio)

Kids and Social Media (Audio)

Log On to Safety

Logging on for Children's Health Information

Media and Children (Audio)

Media Education: What Parents Can Do

Media Time Family Pledge

Medicine Ads

Monitoring Your Child's Media Diet (Audio)

Movie Ratings and What They Mean

Points to Make With Your Teen About Media

Pulling the Plug on TV Violence

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