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Links for Media Issues

bullet Federal Bureau of Investigation - "Common Fraud Schemes"
bullet KidsHealth - "How TV Affects Your Child"
bullet KidsHealth - "Healthy Habits for TV, Video Games and the Internet"
bulletFederal Trade Commission
bulletFederal Communications Commission
bullet Federal Communications Commission (Parents Page)
bulletNational Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families
bulletThe American Academy of Pediatrics - (from Advocates for Youth) - Guide to Responsible Sexual Content in Television, Films and Music
bullet Entertainment Software Rating Board - rates computer and video games - 1-800-771-ESRB
bulletMotion Picture Association of America – includes information on ratings system for both movies and television
bulletFilterReview.com
bullet Common Sense Media
bullet Parents' Choice Foundation
bullet Kids-in-Mind - gives ratings of movies' sex, violence and profanity
bullet The Movie Mom - reviews by a woman who is a film critic and mother of two
bullet Parental Media Guide
bulletThe American Academy of Pediatrics - "Media Matters: A National Media Education Campaign"
bulletThe American Academy of Pediatrics - "Joint Statement on the Impact of Entertainment Violence on Children", Congressional Public Health Summit, July 26, 2000
bullet National Institute on Media and the Family
bulletParents Television Council - evaluates prime-time television, with an annual Top 10 Best and Worst
bullet Children Now - works "to improve the quality of news and entertainment media both for children and about children's issues"
bulletCenter for Screen-Time Awareness (formerly TV-Turnoff - encourages children and adults to watch less television
bullet Medem - do a search under "television"
bulletAlliance for Childhood - "challenges the increasing emphasis on computers in early childhood and elementary schools"
bulletCool-No-Violence - project by a 13-year-old to get video arcades to remove violent games
bulletFederal Consumer Information Center - protect yourself from Internet fraud
bullet Urban Legends Reference Pages - debunk myths and mass hysteria spread by the Internet
bulletFor more on the value of good reading skills, please see the Safer Child Educating Your Children page.
bulletSafer Child page on Morality, Ethics & Manners
bulletSafer Child Just For Fun - for suggestions for kid-friendly books, organizations, and fun activities

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