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Where Barbie and similar dolls have long been considered negative role models for young girls, there is now increased debate about the negative impact of male action figures on young boys. Some researchers believe most male action figures, like G.I. Joe, promote a hyper-muscular physique that is associated with supreme masculinity that is in turn [...]
Scientists have found a link between the consumption of items such as doughnuts, hamburgers, pizza and cakes and depression. The Public Health Nutrition journal found that consumers who regularly eat fast food compared to those who consumed either very little or none are 51 percent more likely to become depressed. via Study: Researchers find new [...]
What have we learned about Social Media this week? This week three schoolgirls were suspended for posting a mockumentary video on Youtube, in which they offered sexual favours saying they were, “Offering a public service that would help prevent unwanted sexual attacks on others.” Michael Carr-Gregg said it was a spectacular failure of the SA [...]
According to a recent survey conducted by The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt, Facebook may be yet another source of our body image problems. Wanting to take a close look at Facebook behavior, The Center commissioned a public survey to examine how social media is influencing body image and hyper-awareness of body size. [...]
More than 3,500 accounts of New York registered sex offenders have been purged from online video game platforms as part of “Operation: Game Over,” a groundbreaking initiative with participation from Microsoft, Apple, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Disney Interactive Media Group, Warner Brothers and Sony. The Attorney General’s database sweep is a first-of-its-kind effort to protect [...]
The Online Safety Bill would require ISPs and mobile network providers to sell internet services to the UK public that automatically blocks porn via DailyTech - New UK Bill Attempts to Ban Internet Porn Automatically Via ISPs, Mobile Operators.
A new study suggests the way kids with severe coordination problems see themselves may influence their emotional wellbeing later in life. Coordination issues -- sometimes diagnosed as developmental coordination disorder (DCD) -- prevent people from accomplishing everyday tasks, such as using scissors or buttoning their shirts. The disorder can lead to frustration at school, at [...]
Engagement is one of the most over used, yet misunderstood concepts in Education. The accepted definition of Engagement with psychological circles is; the sense of living a life high on interest, curiousity and absorption. Engaged individuals pursue goals with determination and vitality. However, too often in schools the word “engaged” is a synonym for “compliant.” [...]
Parents who focus excessively on a child's happiness may in fact be setting them up for profound unhappiness later in life. Here I was, seeing the flesh-and-blood results of the kind of parenting that my peers and I were trying to practice with our own kids, precisely so that they wouldn’t end up on a [...]
Depression isn't just bad moods and occasional melancholy. It's not just feeling down or sad, either. These feelings are normal in kids, especially during the teen years. Even when major disappointments and setbacks make people feel sad and angry, the negative feelings usually lessen with time. via Understanding Depression.
