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03-19 Use Our New Bark Promo Code & Keep Kids Safe Online

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03-18 Sound the Alarm! Keep Kids Out Of Show Biz! Nickelodeon’s ‘House of Horrors’: Inside the Abuse Allegations Aimed at Dan Schneider’s Kids’ Shows

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Bryan Hearne never became a big star like Amanda Bynes, Ariana Grande or Drake Bell when he was one of many child actors in the Nickelodeon universe that dominated children’s TV in the late ’90s and early aughts.

Because of his outspoken mother, he ended up being one of the lucky ones.

Hearne, now 35, was let go in 2003 from “All That” — the kids’ sketch series that featured Bynes, Kenan Thompson and others — after two years.

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03-16 NY State Crack Down on Addictive Social Feeds. American Teens’ Mental Health is at Stake

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As state attorneys general, we have two primary duties: defending our states’ laws and interests, and protecting the rights and wellbeing of the people we were elected to serve. When Americans across the country faced urgent, and powerful threats to their health, safety, and prosperity, attorneys general across the nation have stood together to take them on:

  • In the 1990s, state attorneys general stood up to big tobacco after years of false advertising and illegally marketing to children.
  • During the housing crisis we took on the big banks that recklessly led the country into a massive economic recession.
  • More recently we have worked together to hold big pharma accountable for the opioid crisis that has led to addiction and tragic overdose deaths across the country.

Now, as a mental health crisis exacerbated by social media giants seeking to addict and commodify the attention of children grows worse and worse each year, it’s time to take collective action again.

Our teens’ addictive social feeds heighten risks

Recent research demonstrates the devastating mental health effects caused by social media use, including increased rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and self-harm. Adolescents who spend more than three hours per day on social media face twice the risk of poor mental health outcomes. Addictive feeds — designed to harness personal data to curate users’ content that will keep them on the platform for as long as possible — have dramatically heightened the risk to young users’ wellbeing and made our children addicted to these social media outlets.

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03-14 Generation Insomniacs: 80 PERCENT of US Teens Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep, Says Shock New Report – and It’s Because They’re So Depressed

Teenagers should get between eight and ten hours of sleep every night, but 80 percent of them fall short.

 

The National Sleep Foundation’s annual survey gave teenagers an ‘F’ grade for practicing healthy sleep behaviors, which is impacting their mental health.

Good sleep hygiene and mental health are inextricably linked, each one influencing the other. Bad sleep typically leads to depressive symptoms, and depression often contributes to bad sleep.

More than a third of teens have reported feeling depressed, and nearly three-quarters of them say that sleeping poorly worsened their mental health. At the same time, the vast majority of teens who slept well reported minimal to no depression symptoms.

John Lopos, CEO of the National Sleep Foundation, said that amid America’s current youth mental health crisis, ‘it’s important to put more evidence behind the strong connection with sleep, especially in our kids.’

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03-13 The Time is Now – KOSA = Kids Online Safety Act. 65 Co-Sponsors & Still Going Strong! We Need You!

Inform Your Representative about KOSA: Essential Child Protection Legislation is the Time

Please contact your representative in Congress to bring the Kids Online Safety Act to their attention. KOSA would establish protections for children from harmful algorithms and encourage safer online communications. With 65 cosponsors in the Senate, we are STILL advocating for its support as it may soon move to the House for consideration and debate!

Take Action Here.

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03-12 Some Stories Don’t Need To Be Told – Melissa Henson, VP of Parents Television and Media Council

Poor Things? Let’s dig in. You’ll see what I mean.

“…Media can take experiences that are relatively rare and uncommon and make them seem far more common than they are in reality. That can be dangerous, particularly if in so doing, these stories are inadvertently encouraging behavior that is genuinely evil.

Such appears to be the case with the Disney Searchlight film Poor Things, starring Emma Stone which has been nominated for 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress, and will be streaming on Hulu starting March 7th, ahead of the Oscars.

Poor Things is a kind of Frankenstein tale about a pregnant young woman, Bella Baxter, who commits suicide by jumping into a river. A scientist-surgeon brings her back to life by putting the unborn, but still living, baby’s brain into Bella’s adult body, making her physically a full-grown woman, but mentally an infant.

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03-10 Calling ALL Warriors in NY/NJ! Please Join Us at the WonderGirls USA Gala this Wednesday, March 13th!

Did you know that according to U.S. National Reports, 7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school, and relationships with family and friends? We aim to change this by providing an enriching program and environment that builds confidence and self-esteem. Our Wonder Girls develop a sense of self-respect and strength that will help them through all of life’s challenges.

WonderGirls USA  are changing THIS up and empowering our future female adults and leaders. Join us. #BeAWarrior

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