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By Maggie Hamilton. AT RISK. How the new techologies, drugs and alcohol, peer pressure and porn affect our boys. Some of the material covered here is shocking, but its important to realise this is the toxic atmosphere many of our children encounter daily… When we understand what they’re up against, we can help bring about [...]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) clearly states that the advertising of tobacco on social networking websites by employees promoting the product is prohibited. However there have been a growing number of employees who have taken to the likes of Facebook and are actively promoting the brands their company produces. This is all the more shocking [...]
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is the largest and most highly respected paediatric centre in NSW, providing excellent care for children from NSW, Australia and across the Pacific Rim and is world renowned for providing the best care for sick children and their families. This specialist care, combined with community education, advocacy for improved child’s health [...]
By Melinda Tankard Reist Collective Shout is a new grassroots movement mobilising and equipping individuals and groups to target corporations, advertisers, marketers and media which objectify women and sexualise girls to sell products and services. Most young women don’t like themselves very much. In fact, self-hatred has been described as a right-of-passage for teenage girls. [...]
65% of Australian women are a size 14-16 The 15th annual Australian Fashion week has come to a close for yet another year. Last year many designers embraced "body diversity" by using plus size models. Cynics like Garance Dore feel this was just a ‘gimmick’ used by the fashion houses to gain publicity and attract new [...]
Topics presented at Generation Next events this year include: Bullying and School Violence Body Image and Eating Disorders Transition from Primary to High School Raunch Culture and the Media Teen Depression Cybersafety, and Resilience Featuring Australia’s most experienced leading experts, up to date important topics and practical advice in one event. Speakers include: Michael Carr-Gregg, Adolescent Psychologist Paul Dillon, [...]
By Julie Gale, Kids Free 2B Kids Director. The premature sexualisation of children and young teens is a global issue which has been increasing over the past decade. Our kids are inundated with confusing messages that serve to minimize what it means to be a whole well rounded human being. Popular culture encourages girls to [...]
The media has recently reported a string of stories concerning the sexualisation of young girls and the anxiety they are facing with increasing pressure on them to look ‘sexy’ when they are younger and younger. The most recent story concerns the new trend of letting ‘tweens’ get their legs waxed, this follows the ‘push up [...]
Writer Professor Louise Newman. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is concerned about the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media. Professor Louise Newman, of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, recently presented ‘Too hot to handle: The psychological impact of sexualisation in the media’ at the Australian Conference [...]
The "In The Driver’s Seat II: Beyond the Early Driving Years" is the second report from the collaborative partnership between the Australian Institute of Family Studies, the Transport Accident Commission of Victoria and the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria. 1,000 adolescents participated in this report which looks at the driving behaviours of young people aged [...]
