Topic: Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
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Modern Parenthood Fred Savage baby, holiday shopping and more: Our parenting news roundup
Fred Savage baby announcement, pols Joe Biden and Cory Booker try living like the people by shopping at Costco and going on foodstamps, US birthrates plunge, and ... in the best news for parents child sex abuse crimes drop.
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Modern Parenthood Skinny Disney: Minnie Mouse, et al get an unhealthy Barneys look
More skinny Disney characters: What's a mother of a little girl to do? Healthy body image takes another cut as Barneys thins and stretches Minnie Mouse and company.
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New battle in 'Princess Wars': Disney dolls featuring ... your daughter's face
Disney continues its princess juggernaut, rolling out custom-made princess dolls that will have personalized faces etched onto them by computer. Is it good, bad, or just ... weird?
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Modern Parenthood Disney bans junk food, Mickey Mouse brands health. Hmmm...
Disney's new ban on junk-food advertising during children's programming has been hailed as an important public health step. But what about the company's new initiative to brand "health food" with a Mickey Mouse label?
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Modern Parenthood Disney: No more junk food ads for kids; and Mrs. Obama backs it
Disney plans to junk the junk food ads in kids' TV programming. Anti-obesity crusader, first lady Michele Obama, will be at the announcement today to endorse the move.
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Modern Parenthood Screen-Free Week: Mom, baby couldn't hack it without iPhone, iPod
Screen-Free Week: Mom and baby got an F – oh, make it a D. Life without an iPhone or iPod can really mess up a day.
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Modern Parenthood Screen-Free Week: Turn off that TV and celebrate – not suffer
Screen-Free Week is celebrated – not suffered – April 30 to May 6. Studies show that too much screen time, whether in front of the T.V. or an iPad or computer can hurt development and stifle creativity. So unplug and give your kids the gift of a Screen-Free Week.
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Toddlers to tweens: relearning how to play
Children's play is threatened, say experts who advise that kids – from toddlers to tweens – should be relearning how to play. Roughhousing and fantasy feed development.
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Cover Story The games kids no longer play
Experts say the more creatively children play, the less lucrative it is for toy makers. They advocate returning to the games kids no longer play.
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Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect
In today's highly sexualized environment – where 5-year-olds wear padded bras – some see the toddlers-and-tiaras Disney princess craze leading to the pre-teen pursuit of "hot" looks. Do little girls become little women too soon?
09/24/2011 12:48 pm -
Little girls or little women? The Disney princess effect
In today's highly sexualized environment – where 5-year-olds wear padded bras – some see the toddlers-and-tiaras Disney princess craze leading to the pre-teen pursuit of "hot" looks. Do little girls become little women too soon?
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When kids become tickets to fame
Today's short route to celebrity: flaunting children as accessories.
02/08/2010 02:29 pm -
Horizons Baby Einstein refunds extended after activist fight
The popular Baby Einstein DVD series has come under fire by parenting activists.
10/27/2009 01:00 am
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