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CCFC's Consuming Kids Summit: Market Values, Human Values and the Lives of Children. Boston - April 8-10.
Join CCFC and leading activists, scholars, and authors for the only national conference devoted to stopping the commercial exploitation of children. Confirmed speakers already include Annie Leonard, Lenore Skenazy, Tim Kasser, Enola Aird, Diane Levin, Susan Linn, Lyn Mikel Brown, Sharon Lamb and Nancy Carlsson Paige - with many, many more to come! Register today! Learn More> | |
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Tell Nick: "Naughty" Games are Not for Young Children
Nickelodeon is promoting sexualized and violent video games to children as young as preschoolers. CCFC has launched a letter-writing campaign demanding that Nick stop promoting -- and linking to -- Addictinggames.com, on its websites for children.Take Action> | Learn More> | Read the Press Release> |
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Health Education Does Not Go Better With Coke: CCFC Urges AAFP to End Coca-Cola Partnership
Things don’t always go better with Coke. That’s why the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood has launched a letter-writing campaign urging the American Academy of Family Physicians to end a planned partnership with the Coca-Cola Company. Take Action> | Learn More> | Read the Press Release> |
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Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
Consuming Kids, a new film from The Media Education Foundation featuring CCFC staff and Steering Committee members, takes a powerful look at how corporations relentlessly target children and the impact of that marketing. It's also the perfect organizing tool to raise awareness about the commercialization of childhood. That's why CCFC members all over the country are hosting screenings of Consuming Kids in their communities. Find a Screening> | Host a Screening> | Watch the Trailer> |
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October 28 Update
CCFC Urges Baby Einstein To Come Clean with Parents about Educational Claims Learn More>
Another CCFC Victory!
Disney Offers Refund on Baby Einstein Videos
CCFC’s ongoing campaign to stop the false and deceptive marketing of baby videos has had an important success. We’ve persuaded the Walt Disney Company to offer a full refund to anyone who purchased a Baby Einstein DVD in the last five years. The refund is only available for a limited time, so please help us spread the word now. Learn More> | Read Press Release > |
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Parents' Protests Pay Off!
The Song Is Over for BusRadio
After a three-year campaign by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, BusRadio - the highly controversial company that planned to "take targeted student marketing to the next level" - has ceased operations. BusRadio had hoped to play its highly commercialized broadcasts for students on buses around the country, but CCFC and its network of parent activists opposed the company's plans at every turn. Learn More> | Read the Press Release> |
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American Teen Girls Feel Pressure To Be Thin
Reuters, February 1, 2010 |
Bill Before Legislature Would Allow Ads on School Buses
Peninsula Daily News, January 31, 2010 |
Disney Unable to Turn Babies Into Einsteins
Courthouse News Service, January 28, 2010 |
Nickelodeon Promotes Violent and Sexual Games to Young Children
About.com Family Computing, January 28, 2010 |
Targeted Product Placements from Xerox
Product Placement News, January 27, 2010 |
Consumer Culture Saturates Kids' Lives
The Starphoenix, January 26, 2010 |
“Spellcasters”: The Hunt for the “Buy-Button" in Your Brain
Truthout, January 22, 2010 |
Whoppers and Beer: Burger King's Latest Innovation
Brand Channel, January 22, 2010 |
Alcohol Industry is 'Targeting Young People' (UK)
The Guardian, January 21, 2010 |
Supreme Court Rejects Corporate Spending Limits
New York Times, January 21, 2010 |
Pact to Limit Sugary Cereals to Kids Not Worth Its Salt
Chicago Tribune, January 20, 2010 |
If Your Kids Are Awake, They're Probably Online
New York Times, January 20, 2010 |
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