Electric Eggplant Podcast. Annie Fox’s Blog. “So Sexy So Soon: Thoughts about Teens, Tweens, Parenting and this Adventure of Living on Earth in the 21st Century.” November, 2009.
Babble.com. Liza Featherstone. "Why Are We Fighting? How to Talk to Kids about War." September 14, 2009.
Reelz Channel. "Parent Advocacy Group Targets G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." August 8, 2009
Common Dreams. "Parents to FTC: Don’t Surrender Our Children to G.I. Joe." August 5, 2009.
Diane Levin on Talk to Tara. March 1, 2009.
PBS Parents. "Protecting Children from a Sexualized Childhood" by Diane Levin. January 5, 2009
UrbanBaby. "Sexy Backtrack." August 27, 2008.
MSNBC.com. "Too Young? Preteen Girls get Leg, Bikini Waxes" by Vidya Rao. August 13, 2008.
US News and World Reports. "Too Sexy, Too Soon: Combating the Sexualization of Childhood" by Nancy Shute. August 11, 2008.
US News and World Reports. "6 Ways to Prep Your Kids for an Oversexed World" by Nancy Shute. August 11, 2008.
ABCNews.com. “Teen Glam: 'Mom, I Have to Get a Manicure and My Hair Done' More Beauty Salons Target Teens, but How Young Is Too Young?" by Ann-Marie Dorning. April 9, 2008.
Suite 101.com. Claudia M. Lenart. “Sexualized Culture Hurts Girls: Girls Need Protection from Message to Be Sexy Too Soon." September 13, 2007.
MSNBC.com. Growing Up Healthy Column. Victoria Clayton-Alexander. Young girls going to Spa parties and doing adult primping things. August 2007.
MSNBC.com. Sally Wadyka. “Are Bratz Dolls Too Sexy?" April 2007.
Fox News “Weekend Live.” Interviewed about So Sexy So Soon. August 17, 2008
ABC “Good Morning America NOW.” Interviewed about So Sexy So Soon. August 7, 2008
NBC “Today Show.” Interviewed about So Sexy So Soon. August 6, 2008 (Q&A transcript)
CBC TV “News Sunday Night.” [Canada] Interviewed about the Miley-Cyrus-Vanity Fair Magazine photo. May 4, 2008.
UTV. 6 PM News. April 25, 2008 [Belfast, N. Ireland]
Cambridge CTV. "Girl TV & Talk." March 5, 2008.
NECN (New England Cable News). Mont Fennel. On the release of hyperviolent “Manhunt 2” video. October 2007.
CNBC. “On the Money.” Government (FTC’s) role in regulating marketing of junk food to children. August 2007.
NECN (New England Cable News). “Wired.” Elizabeth Hayden. Hour-long call-in show on marketing junk food to children. August 2007.
CNBC's Power Lunch. Webkinz Craze. May 2007.
Discovery News. Tracy Staedter. “Soda Bottle of the Future?” September 6, 2006.
Fox Business. Kathryn Vasel. How to talk to kids about economics. February, 2010.
Pacifica Radio. “The Aware Show.” Lisa Garr. Discussing the documentary film, “Consuming Kids.” February, 2010.
BBC World Service. “The Forum.” James Menendez. Problems with having 7-year-old girl as Queen of Brazil Mardi Gras Parade. February, 2010.
ABCNews.com. Lauren Cox, Health Reporter. Best selling toys that were recalled. Impact on children and families. http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=9377082 December, 2009.
Michael Smerconish National Radio Show. High School Cross-Sex Dressing. November, 2009.
KWMR-San Francisco. Susannah Baldwin. Sexualization and Holiday shopping advice. November, 2009.
WBZ-TV. Jon Keller. Sesame Street at 40. http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/sesame-turns-40-but-even-elmo-has-critics/3219113300 November, 2009.
KTRS Radio. St. Louis. “Mindset with John Brown and Trish Gazall.” SSSS. October, 2009.
Ana Galli. Brazil. "Adults trying to be children; children trying to be adults." October, 2009.
CNN Radio. Baby Einstein Refund. October, 2009.
BBC Radio. Michael Miller. Baby Einstein’s Refund as a result of Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood lawsuit. October, 2009.
WBZ-TV “News at 11.” Jon Keller. Sexualized Breast Cancer Screening PSA. September, 2009.
KAZI. “The Dad Show.” Austin, TX. Dr. Rick Dowell. August, 2009.
WCAP. Lowell, MA. Woody Woodland. August, 2009.
WTBQ. Hudson Valley, NY. Shannon Devereaux Sanford. August, 2009.
KVON. “Late Mornings.” Napa, CA. Jeff Schechtman. August, 2009.
WXRK, “Weekend Magazine”/WKRK, New York. Bob Salter.
WGDR. Plainfield, VT. “The Quilting Hour.” Merry Gangemi.
WMBK. Bam! Radio Network (Web). “Body, Mind and Child.” Rae Pica.
KRWM. Seattle, WA. “Sunday Morning Magazine.” Kate Daniels.
KOIT. San Francisco, CA. “Positive Parenting.” Armin Broit.
“Black Star Media.” Inglewood, CA. Keidi Obi Awadu.
KVMR. Grass Valley, CA. Arly Helm.
KKFI. Kansas City. “Vibes with Val.” Val Yelton Baul.
KKUP. Santa Cruz, CA. “The Wimmin’s Music Program.” Laura Rinaldi.
WCBX (NPR). San Luis Obisbo. CA. “Issues and Ideas.” Guy Rathbun. Voice America (net). “Positive Living.” Patricia Raskin.
NPR, New Jersey. “Transitions.” Bruce Wadzeck. “So Sexy So Soon.”
WRFG-FM, Atlanta. “Lambda Radio Report.” Charone Pagett. “So Sexy So Soon.”
WIP, Philadelphia. Peter Solomon. “So Sexy So Soon.”
WABC-AM (New York). "Religion on the Line." So Sexy So Soon. September 14, 2008.
"Real Life, Real Talk" with Tiffany Card. So Sexy So Soon. September 10, 2008. Click here to listen.
WCBM-AM (Phoenix, MD). "Turing the Tide" with Maggie Pascal. So Sexy So Soon. September 7, 2008. Click here to listen.
KNRY-FM (Monterey, CA). "Divorced Fathers Radio Network." So Sexy So Soon. September 5, 2008.
KDKA- (Pittsburgh, PA). "Morning News." So Sexy So Soon. September 4, 2008.
KBKS-FM (Seattle). So Sexy So Soon. August 31, 2008.
Dublin's 98 (Ireland). "The Inbox." So Sexy So Soon. August 28, 2008.
"Culture Shocks" with Barry Lynn. So Sexy Soon Soon. August 21, 2008. Click here to listen.
KKFI-FM (Kansas City). “Tangents With Val” with Valerie Bal. So Sexy So Soon. August 21, 2008.
KKHT-FM (Houston). “The What's Up Show” with Terry Lowry. So Sexy So Soon. August 15, 2008.
Wisconsin Public Radio. Kathleen Dunn. Morning Show. So Sexy So Soon. August 8, 2008.
Talk at Ten. WFOB—Fostoria, Ohio. Leonard Skonecki. Radio interview on the sexualization of childhood. June 6, 2008.
BBC Radio Ulster. “Talk Back.” Interviewed about So Sexy So Soon. April 25, 2008 [Belfast, N. Ireland]
URadio 105. Frank Mitchell Show. Interviewed about So Sexy So Soon. April 25, 2008 [Belfast, N. Ireland]
How Are the Children? Radio Show. Mary Rothchild. Brattleboro, VT. [WVEW-LP 107.7 FM Brattleboro Community Radio]. March 23, 2008.
WTIC Radio (Hartford, CT). Ray and Diane Morning Show. “So Sexy So Soon” related to presentation on same topic to be given in Hartford the same evening. October 2007.
KMOX, St. Louis. “Bratz doll” movie. August 2007.
Frugal Yankee Radio Show. Garen Daily. Doll play and sexualization of girls. August 2007.
CKLW (Windsor, Ontario & Detroit). Melanie Devoe Show. Marketing to Children study. August 2007.
Wisconsin Public Radio. Kathleen Dunn. Morning Show. Marketing to children and the landmark Kellogg settlement on reducing their marketing of junk food to children, May 2007.
CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting). “Cross Country Checkup.” Need to protect children from and regulate media violence. January 2007.
Connecticut Public Radio [WNPR]. Faith Middleton Show on Sex and Tweens, December 19, 2006.
WBAL Radio. Dave Dollan Show on Electronic toys. Baltimore, MD, December 12, 2006.
KSCO Radio. Lorraine Prucell. “The Family You Want” Show on media violence.” Santa Cruz, CA. December, 2006.
CBS Network Radio. Emmitt Stanley. Study in Pediatrics about junk food advertising on TV directed at young children. October 2006.
National Public Radio. Talk of the Nation. “Media, Sex and Talking to Tweens” on August 7, 2006.
All Things Considered. National Public Radio. “Tweens and Media: What’s Too Adult?” August 1, 2006.
Philadelphia Daily News. Jenice Armstrong. “Watch Out, Cheaters; Societal attitudes toward extramarital relationships." January, 2010.
Boston Herald. Christine McConville. "Changing societal attitudes toward mistresses." January, 2010.
USA Today Weekend. Dennie Hughes. So Sexy So Soon. January 22-24, 2010. January, 2010.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Farrah Bauknecht. "Strengths and Weaknesses of Today’s Dolls." December, 2009.
Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.). Carla Weeks. The release of the Disney movie: “The Princess and the Frog.” December, 2009.
Fox Business News. Chris Cotter and Tracy Byrnes. November, 2009.
Washington Times. Karen Goff. "New lines of less sexy dolls." November, 2009.
Family Circle. Gay N. Edleman, Sr. Editor. "Sexting by Tweens & Teens." November, 2009.
New York Times. Jan Hoffman. “Can a Boy Wear a Skirt to School?” Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
In Touch Weekly. Jennifer Lenhart. “Is This What 17 Looks Like?” October, 2009.
San Diego Union Tribune. Jennifer Davies. "Sexy Halloween Costumes." October, 2009.
California Educator Magazine (of the California Teachers Association). Sherry Posnick-Goodwin. “So Sexy So Soon.” October, 2009.
Wall Street Journal. Lauren Schuker. “Kids’ Movies Grow Up: Spike Jonze's 'Where the Wild Things Are' leads a slate of classic children's stories coming to the screen—with an edgy, adult twist.” October, 2009.
Philadelphia Daily News. Jenice Armstrong. “Watch Out, Cheaters; Societal attitudes toward extramarital relationships." January, 2010.
Greenwich Citizen. Mimi Citarella. "So Sexy So Soon." April 17, 2009.
Miami Herald. Kathryn Wexler. “Princess for a Day: New Spa’s Beauty ‘Treatments’ Target Tots.” April 15, 2009. Washington Times. Karen Goff. “Spa Treatments of Young Girls.” April 5, 2009.
Foster's Daily Democrat. (Dover, NH.) Jennifer Keefe. “Sexy Tops, Short Skirts and Bras for Little Girls: Is 7 the New 16? Young Girls Dressing Older.” March 22.
Philadelphia Inquirer. "Barbie at 50: Still giving them something to talk about." by Amy S. Rosenberg. March 9, 2009.
Boston Globe. "Forever Young." by Joseph P. Kahn. March 5, 2009.
U.S. News & World Report. "Television and Adolescent Depression." by Nancy Shute. February 3, 3009.
Palm Beach Post. "How to Dress like an Obama Girl." by Amy Royster. January 25, 2009.
National Post. "Tarting up chastity" by Matthew Coutts. December 30, 2008
US News & World Report. “On Parenting Blog”. Nancy Shute. “Smart Ways to Manage Kids’ TV, Music, and Web Time” December 2, 1008
Boston Globe. "MBTA slammed over ‘Porno’ ads" by Christine McConville. October 10, 2008.
Atlanta Parent. "What's the Right Age" by Tali Toland. September, 2008.
NEA Today. “Lolita in the Classroom: Girlhood Isn’t What It Used to Be, and that Means Teaching Girls Isn’t Either” by Cynthia Kopkowski. March 2008.
Palm Beach Post. “Sexualization of Young Girls Can Spark Insecurity, Perfectionism, Experts Say” by Christina DeNardo. March 26, 2008.
Boston Globe. “Parental Guidance Suggested: Matt Damon’s Mom Studies the Effect of Media Violence on Children” by Barbara Meltz. April 1, 2008.
USA Today. “Trouble in Toy Land” by Laura Vanderkam. December 26, 2007.
Jewish Ledger. “Educator and author worries that girls are ‘so sexy so young’” by Natalie Pollack, October 30, 2007.
Kansas City Star. James A. Fussell. “’Hot’ for Halloween; Costumes have Gone from Girlish and Ghoulish to Racy and Revealing.” October 3, 2007.
Washington Post. Marc Allan. “Not Missing a Beat: Disney Dynamo Stages a Summertime Encore” (about the release of “High School Musical 2”). August 12, 2007.
Associated Press. Lindsey Tanner, Medical Reporter. “McDonald’s Marketing Tricks Tots’ Taste Buds: In Test of Identical Foods, Kids Said Even Carrots Labeled" by Chain Were Best.” August 6, 2007.
Wondertime Magazine. Lauri Grotstein. Problem Solving Deficit Disorder vs. Toddler’s Creative Play with Toilet Paper. July 2007.
Boston Globe. Barbara Meltz. “Heavy TV Viewing Under 2 Is Found: Ignoring Risks, Parents Cite ‘Educational’ Value." May 27, 2007.
Glamour Magazine. Rebecca Webber. “Let’s Stop Teaching Preschoolers to Be Sexy." May 2007.
Associated Press. Meghan Barr. “Webkinz's plush creatures take on e-lives.” April 4, 2007.
Washington Post. Stacy Steiner. “Goodbye to Girlhood: As Pop Culture Targets Ever Younger Girls, Psychologists Worry about a Premature Focus on Sex and Appearance,” February 20, 2007.
San Francisco Chronicle. Reyhan Harmanci. “Cultural Shift: Little girls, sexy dolls -- toy industry markets to 'Kids Growing Older Younger'.” December 11, 2006.
USA Today. Bruce Horowitz. “Six Strategies Marketers Use to Get Kids to Want Stuff.” November 22, 2006.
Associated Press. Martha Irvine. “’Tweens’ are fast becoming the new teens.” November 22, 2006.
Associated Press. Carla Johnson. “Study: Advertisements for High-Fat Foods Permeate TV Targeting Toddlers.” October 3, 2006.
Toledo Blade. Roberta de Boer. “If Clothes Make the Man, What about Girls?”, August 15, 2006.
New York Daily News. “Cute, Pink, Fuzzy - and Toxic to Little Girls” by Lenore Skenazy. August 13, 2006.
Nick Jr. Magazine. Sherri Lerner. Article on parents’ common questions and concerns about pretend/imaginative play. July, 2006.
Denver Post. Jenny Deam. “Sexy Styles Beckon Little Girls.” June 18, 2006.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Holstering Pretend Weapons: Worried Parents Take Aim at Play, Media Influence” by Sharon Miller Cindrich. June 9, 2006.
Christian Science Monitor. “Have the Heirs of Barbie Hit the Limit for Risque Dolls?” by Sarah Miller Llana. May 26, 2006.
New York Daily News. “All Dolled Up and No Place to Go” by Lenore Skenazy. May 25, 2006.
Belfast Telegraph. “Superheroes Shot Down by Experts” by Kathryn Torney. March 10, 2006.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Kids Aaren’t the Only Ones Playing Video and Computer Games” by Karen MacPherson. January 27, 2006.
