Thanks to all of you who tuned in on Tuesday to the Healthy Media Choices Hour radio show. It was great fun for me, and talking with Mary Rothschild was a perfect opportunity to cross-pollinate and share ideas. Look on her site for a link to Mary’s blog, too. We talked about so much, but [...]
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The ironic thing about starting this blog (to protect and promote and imaginative play in our way-too-busy, consumer-driven, media-filled world) is that my life has gotten busier and more media-filled. It has been energizing, too, no doubt. The fact that we’ve gotten great feedback helps fuel me to continue the work. However, today I am [...] Check out this picture above and guess what it is. Any ideas? Try “Exclusive LEGO Style Mega Weapons Pack (49 pieces),” sold by Toy Wiz through Amazon for $23.99 (plus shipping and handling). This weapons pack popped up yesterday – as my husband browsed Lego kits – as one of those “Customers Who Bought This [...] Yesterday I wrote about the new Moxie Girlz…today it is yet another way-too-cool doll line, Liv Girls. Liv Girls includes an online world that you can enter for only $19.99 (plus $9.99 for shipping and handling). These “four fun-loving teens who love to hang out together” (but, alas, are sold separately) come with a [...] Earlier this week on American Public Media’s Marketplace, I heard an excellent interview with James Gustave Speth, Dean of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. The ideas presented in the interview, Taking Stock: Rethinking Consumerism, support many of the concepts I have been writing about in Empowered by Play. Speth talks about over-consumption [...] Today I added Common Sense Media to my list of websites for information and action. The organization is a not-for-profit organization based in San Francisco. According to their mission statement, they are “dedicated to improving the media and entertainment lives of kids and families.” They review and rate movies, TV shows, websites, video games, [...] Admittedly, I haven’t see the new Transformers movie released this week. And I have no plans to see it. From what I’ve read, even people who like these kind of action movies don’t like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. From London to the US, the reviews are in, and the consensus is: skip it. [...] School’s out and summer vacation is upon us. “Oh no,” a friend and mother moaned, “here comes the boredom.” I say, “Bring it on!” Boredom is not a four letter word. It is actually a place where new ideas can hatch. Resist the urge to schedule and plan every minute of your child’s summer. Create [...] A few years ago, I was distraught and overwhelmed with the negative effects of popular culture, electronic toys and media in general on children’s imaginations, play and general well-being. Then I met someone who quite literally changed my life: Diane Levin. Diane is one of the experts in our world on this topic. She [...] About a year ago, when we moved from Boston to New York, we decided not to hook up the cable television. Before we moved, with babies in the house, we’d already cut back on TV watching. We always tried to mute all the commercials, but even with that my 3 year old sons could tell [...] |
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