Interesting report last week on the Today show. In their new book “So Sexy So Soon” authors Diane Levin and Jean Kilbourne write about the trend of children becoming sexualized at a young age due to media images and marketing campaigns that encourage youth to be “sexy,” and they offer advice on how parents can protect their kids.
The most striking message to me was how early kids are being affected. When high schoolers or middle schoolers are dressing sexy or obsessing with their weight, we think those issues just suddenly appeared with teenager-dom. But, according to the authors, the seeds are being sown much earlier than we may think.
Click here to read the Today show story and book excerpt, and see the video report.
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