Related Resources

These are my latest recommendations and resources for media savvy parents. Feel free to let me know what you would like to see added to this list.

The best sites about the effects of television on kids and getting unplugged

• TV-Turnoff Week
• Kaiser Permanente
• New American Dream: Kids & Commercialism
• Center on Media and Child Health
• Instead of TV
• LimiTV
• Television Project
• Escape Your Television
• Unplug Your Kids

The best sites to assist parents in helping their kids use the internet safely

• Be Web Aware

Media literacy education sites

• Action Committee for Media Education
• Northwest Media Literacy Center

Great sites for parents

• Time Out: The Mother of All Comedy Shows
• Parenting Unplugged Radio
• The Not Quite Crunchy Parent
• ReadySetMom: check out their blog on TV and kids.
• EnviroMom: raising green environmentally-aware kids
• Mom Blog Network
• Maiden Spirit
• Parentclick.com
• Family Education Network
• Chicken Spaghetti
• Attachment Parenting Blog
• Motheringdotcommune
• Mamanista
• Planet Home and Garden

Best television substitutes (on the radio)

• "Wait Wait … Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal
• Radio Reader

Books on children and television

• Marie Winn: The Plug-In Drug
• Susan Linn: Consuming Kids
• Dimitri Cristakis, Frederick Zimmerman: The Elephant in the Living Room
• Juliet Schor: Born to Buy

Related books I recommend

• Richard Louv: Last Child in the Woods
• Al Gore: The Assault on Reason
• Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father
• Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope

Contact us to schedule workshops and presentations on raising TV-free and media savvy kids at your school, business or organization. Our workshops offer tips for coping in a media-saturated world.

• Happier Babies / Happier Parents
• Alternatives to the Electronic Babysitter
• Go Outside and Play
• Getting Unplugged
• Raising Your Media Literacy IQ

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