As humans, we learn values from observing life - We can't help it. And as research shows, especially for young humans, life includes media, especially video-based media. If our kids' environment teaches negative, destructive values, we have serious work to do or those values will be learned.

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Democracy Is for Children, Too - - An editorial by Peggy O'Mara about how moneyed interests successfully compete with parental influences.

Who Owns Our Children's Minds - - Advertisers want to - in their own words - "own your child", and they will if you don't stop them. Find out just how serious the media threat is, and what you can do politically to fight it.

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365 TV-Free Activities - - - A great set of ideas- all kinds of toys to make, art ideas, games, etc. The only drawback to this set of pages is voluminous advertising and the several dozen cookies (the computer kind) per page.

Democracy Is for Children, Too - - An editorial by Peggy O'Mara about how moneyed interests successfully compete with parental influences.

The Impact of Television - - How has television affected us? This article, by John Redford, describes the results researchers found when they studied what happened when television came to a town that had never had it.

Who Owns Our Children's Minds - - Advertisers want to - in their own words - "own your child", and they will if you don't stop them. Find out just how serious the media threat is, and what you can do politically to fight it.