Thousands unwittingly revealing mobile numbers online
Thousands of Australian teenagers are unwittingly revealing their mobile and home telephone numbers online. via Thousands unwittingly revealing mobile numbers online.
January 2012
The Tobacco Industry and Youth Smoking Provides Clues about the Alcohol Industry’s Strategies
This fascinating paper provides a description of how the tobacco industry, over time, has promoted its products to young people. It provides an insight into the strategies that the alcohol industry has and continues to use to promote sales of alcohol to young people despite growing community concern. The Tobacco Industry and Youth Smoking | Coombs | [...]
Body image muscling in on boyhood
BOYS as young as five are starting to believe that being masculine is all about six-packs, muscles and hairless chests, raising concerns that kids are under too much pressure to conform to body-image stereotypes. via Body image muscling in on boyhood | The Australian.
December 2011
Bubble Wrap Kids
An incisive piece by Janet Albrechtsen on how current trends to protect children from even mild emotional or physical challenges sets them up for profound difficulties in adult life. In the "all must have prizes" era, merit cards are awarded to children by well-meaning teachers for the most mundane things. At the age of five or six, my son [...]
Martin Sheen, Family Filmmaking Man – NYTimes.com
Here's an interesting statement from Martin Sheen in a recent interview with him: I have no interest in politics. But I have a great deal of interest in peace and human rights and civil disobedience to address grievances, to speak truth to power – I have a great interest in that, and that’s really the [...]
Teen Models, Big Brands and the Advertising Industry
High-end fashion brands are all about aspiration - the assumption is aspirational beauty can only be young.....they are stuck in a very old paradigm....Advertisers are obsessed with youth. via Age of Beauty.
The Link Between Education and Wellbeing Begins in Early Childhood
research has established links between a lack of development of skills such as motivation and self-confidence in childhood and levels of criminal activity, teenage pregnancy and underachievement in education and employment later in life via When the best start in life turns out to be an early start.
Crack and Cocaine use in the US is declining
Cocaine use in the US declined 37 per cent, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. via Users turning noses up at cocaine.
Pituitary size linked to depression in youths
A new study has linked the size of the pituitary gland to the onset of early puberty and depression in young people. Orygen Youth Health (OYH) is Australia’s largest youth-focused mental health organisation. They carried out research on 155 adolescents over a three year period. All participants were Melbourne high school students. The findings of [...]
New Study: Digital Media use among young children
40% of 2 to 4 year olds and 52% of 5 to 8 year olds using smartphones, video iPods, iPads A new study in the US by Common Sense Media Research has documented the use of digital media among young children. The startling results; toddlers today spend twice as much time in front [...]