Real guns made to look like toys....

Here is a news broadcast talking about the dangers of real guns made to look like toys. What problems do you see for children?

Putting officers at risk?

How your childhood nightmares were made....

Parents are often concerned about how they can minimize their children's fear reactions to scary media.  One way is to avoid exposure. Given that is not always feasible or possible, would it work to show children something like the following:

Making the Monsters...

Are kid's adventure movies finished?

Here's an article which offers an interesting reason why kid adventure movies may be a thing of the past.

http://io9.com/why-the-age-of-the-kids-adventure-movie-is-over-1681195670

What do you think?

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.