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Our Daughters: Cinderella Ate My Daughter!

Q & A with Bestselling Author & Girl Shero Peggy Orenstein Do you have or know a young girl obsessed with princess culture? A girl who, despite your best efforts to raise her to be strong and independent, suddenly insists on growing up to be Snow White? Journalist and bestselling author Peggy Orenstein is back with Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie Girl Culture, a whipsmart,… Read More

Category: Contributing Writer, Girls, Rachel Simmons Tags: Commercialism of Childhood, Daughters, Girls, Girlz Culture, Parenting, Peggy Orenstein, Princess Culture, Rachel Simmons, Sexualization

Take Action: Stop PG-13 Blockbusters from Targeting Preschoolers

Stop PG-13 Blockbusters from Targeting Preschoolers In response to a complaint filed by CCFC in 2007, the Federal Trade Commission urged the Motion Picture Association of America—the self-regulating body of Hollywood movie studios that administers film ratings in the United States—to develop a policy to “ensure that PG-13 movies are not marketed in a manner inconsistent with their rating.” Sixteen months later, the MPAA has not honored that request, and children’s television… Read More

Category: Entertainment, Family, Take Action Tags: Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood, Commercialism of Childhood, GI Joe, PG-13, Ratings

President Obama Worries About Commercialism of Childhood Too!

President Obama is a Parent Too By The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood “I worry that even if Michelle and I do our best to impart what we think are important values to our children, the media out there will undermine our lessons and teach them something different.” -President Barack Obama For those of us concerned about the commercialism of childhood, it’s a boon to have a president who is raising young… Read More