The AANA, food ads and kids: unpacking the propaganda

The AANA, food ads and kids: unpacking the propaganda

The AANA, food ads and kids: unpacking the propaganda Prof. Elizabeth Handsley, President of Children and Media Australia On 19 June 2023, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport put out a media release about plans for a public...

Kids, screens and sleep

Kids, screens and sleep

Professor Sarah Blunden (MAPS, BAPsych (Hons), MSocSc, MClinPsy, PhD) is a clinical psychologist specialising in sleep health and founder/director of SensibleSleep (www.sensiblesleep.com.au). She is Head of Paediatric Sleep Research and Professor of Clinical...

Explore, Explain, and Empower for healthy use of screens

Explore, Explain, and Empower for healthy use of screens

Dr Justin Coulson is a dad to 6 daughters, host of Channel 9s hit TV show Parental Guidance, author of 8 books, and host of the Happy Families podcast. The second season of the TV show starts on June 5. [ https://9now.nine.com.au/parental-guidance ] Explore, Explain,...

Scary content really affects children

Scary content really affects children

Scary ads, inadequate Codes and Classification Scheme When will the advertising industry get the message, and respond appropriately to the decades-long and well-justified beef of parents about scary trailers in family-type programs?The Australia's National...