Teens and digital drama!

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/alert-digital-drama-to-watch-out-for-this-school-year#.VBdAKkF5hox.twitter

Teen meets kidnapper on Disney Website

http://www.wfsb.com/story/26501540/hartford-teenager-found-out-of-state

Kids and guns

Here is an unfortunate story about teens and guns, out of Hamden CT.

http://www.wfsb.com/story/26483091/girl-stole-fathers-gun-brought-it-to-school-and-gave-it-to-friend?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Sesame Street tackles death head on....

Thanks to Brittany Larkin for sending along this link. It's a good illustration of how young children struggle to understand the permanency of death.

Digital natives versus parents....epic lol...

This is what happens when parents try to text with their "digital native" children. Revenge of the Text

Long lasting effects of scary media.....

A great example of lasting fear effects!

Can the FCC crack down on cable?

Interesting discussion about whether the FCC will ever be able to crack down on cable television.

The FCC and Cable (and satellite)

Maleficent scares her own children....

On terrifying your own children

Note how Angelina describes how her differently aged children, had different reactions!

Thanks Alyssa for sharing this!

Striving for a body that doesn't exist??

Thanks to Alyssa Mutarelli for sharing this video clip.

This begs the question....do manipulated photo ads have us striving for bodies that not only are physically impossible for most of us to attain...but also actually don't even exist in the real world?

Do violent video games make you a jerk?

Violent games make you a jerk!!

Children uses their story skills to interpret educational television

Story understanding linked to learning from media