Great Valley Community PHY

(Partnership for Healthy Youth)

Your Community Coalition

A major challenge for parents….

MASS MEDIA has become a major influence shaping the attitudes, values and behaviors of children.

Television, video games, movies, music lyrics, internet, magazines, T-shirts, bumper stickers, computer chat rooms, billboards…….

v     Is there a connection between what they see and hear and their behavior, attention span, success in school?

v     Is the national rating system for movies, video games, television shows reflective of your opinion of age appropriate viewing?

v     What are your family’s media habits?

v     Can we make better decisions, with our children, about what they listen to and watch?

ü      Become informed about the power and influence mass media has on children.

ü      Measure your family’s current media behaviors, attitudes and knowledge.

ü     Develop a customized plan of action to become a MediaWise family.

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Maximize the benefits and minimize the harm of media on your children and family.

Contact:  Dolores Hunter at 610-651-8185 or Doreen Ellis at 610-854-1641

Professionally facilitated by Dr. Christine Blaine of Dilworthtown Psychology