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Consuming Kids:  How Excessive Commercialism is Harming Children

 

No generation in history has grown up in such a commercial environment.

From corporate sponsored teaching materials in the classroom to branded slumber parties at home, advertising messages are ubiquitous in the lives of children today. Even school buses may be turned into traveling billboards.

The commercialization of childhood is linked to a host of public health and social problems for children…..childhood obesity, sexualization, delayed language acquisition, shortened attention spans, and the erosion of creative play, to name just a few.  

Indeed, some believe that childhood itself is under siege.

Psychologist and Harvard Medical School Instructor, Susan Linn, a leading expert on the impact of media and marketing on children, will provide an in depth look at the magnitude of this problem and explore avenues for positive change at this educational webinar (1.5 PDUs):

 

 Consuming Kids:  How Excessive Commercialism is Harming Children 

Presented by Susan Linn, EdD

Archived Recording:  90-minute program

 $35 AAFCS members    ($50 nonmembers)

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Marketing to children—even babies—is a big business today.  But psychologists, educators, and parents are now paying closer attention to the effects of this excessive exposure on the health and well-being of infants and young children up to age 12.

What’s at risk is no less than development of essential life skills—including capacities for creative play and self-soothing when stressed. 

In fact, research links infant screen time to sleep disturbances and delayed language acquisition, as well as problems in later childhood such as poor school performance and childhood obesity. That’s why the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time for children under two.  There is no evidence that babies learn anything by watching videos—let alone how to read, as recent video products are claiming.

Learn the facts and what you can do to mitigate the effects of this growing public health problem. In this 90-minute program including Q&A, you will take away:

• A detailed understanding of the pervasiveness of commercialism in children’s lives
• A comprehensive review of the harms of commercializing childhoods
• Strategies for limiting commercial access to children
• Concrete examples of the negative behaviors and values being promoted
• Shocking statistics on average screen time of babies and children through age 12
• Purely fact-based information and review of the latest studies on child research

 

Plus, Dr. Linn will leave you with plenty of tools and resources to explore this topic further and to advocate for commercial-free zones.

About the Presenter: Psychologist Susan Linn is an internationally recognized expert on the impact of media and marketing on children.  She is Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.  Dr. Linn is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood and The Case for Make Believe:  Saving Play in a Commercialized World. She appeared recently on NBC’s Today Show challenging the claims of a video series touted as a way to teach babies to read.

Who should register?  FCS educators, particularly those focused on early childhood; college professors teaching future FCS teachers; parents, and those considering having children.  Nutritionists and public health officials will benefit from the plethora of useful information related to children’s eating habits, the lure of fast food, and current research on childhood obesity.

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