All schools are eligible. Includes take-home tip sheets and checklists to help manage TV viewing at home.
Media violence is as pervasive as television itself.
In this session, parents and adults become aware of the amount and tyoe of media violence coming into the home and reflect on how their habits affect their children's. This session focuses on these cornerstone isues and uncovers new ways to consider the questions. Challenging the Hollywood Role Model Media relies on stereotypes and bias to create characters according to a formula. Children identify with these characters and are influenced both negatively and positively by the behaviors and attitudes that are portrayed. Media heroes become children's role models.