Parenting Series: Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children
Category
Webinars
Admission
- $20.00
Description
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 – 2:00pm-3:00pm ESTSexualized Media Messages and Our Children:
Teaching Kids to be Smart Critics and Consumers
Dr. Jennifer Shewmaker
This webinar takes a look at children's consumption of sexualized media messages while providing parents, teachers, and professionals with strategies for dealing with their influence. In this eye-opening discussion, experienced child psychologist Jennifer W. Shewmaker takes a hard look at the impact of advertisements, products, and entertainment on a child's psyche and offers strategies for helping kids become critical, active media consumers. Drawing from research in a wide variety of disciplines, the webinar explores the interpersonal factors within children's lives that impact how they learn to process sexualized media messages. Participants will receive tips for promoting strengths in children and adolescents of both genders and learn about the protective influence of communities on helping children dismiss distorted media images in favor of a character-based mindset.