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Jenni Young

This Ad Has a Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See - 1 views

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    In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, or ANAR for short, created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.
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    In an effort to provide abused children with a safe way to reach out for help, a Spanish organization called the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation, or ANAR for short, created an ad that displays a different message for adults and children at the same time.
Jenni Young

This is why your brain wants to swear | David Shariatmadari | Comment is free | theguar... - 0 views

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    A recent study shows that children are adept at absorbing swearwords. That's the power of linguistic taboos for you
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    A recent study shows that children are adept at absorbing swearwords. That's the power of linguistic taboos for you
Jenni Young

State of the World's Mothers - Save the Children - 0 views

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    Save the Children is following the success of its 'If London Were Syria' campaign with a new global marketing spot that asks models to try to make poverty sound sexy.
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    Save the Children is following the success of its 'If London Were Syria' campaign with a new global marketing spot that asks models to try to make poverty sound sexy.
Jenni Young

Language-Gap Study Bolsters a Push for Pre-K - 0 views

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    A Stanford psychologist found that affluent children had learned 30 percent more words from 18 months to 2 years of age than children from low-income homes.
Jenni Young

Trying to Close a Knowledge Gap, Word by Word - 0 views

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    Several campaigns are seeking to help the young children of poor and immigrant families by urging parents to spend more time talking to them (NY Times)
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    Several campaigns are seeking to help the young children of poor and immigrant families by urging parents to spend more time talking to them (NY Times)
Jenni Young

Watch The Video That Coca-Cola And McDonald's Hope You Never See - 0 views

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    TEDx talk about "pester power" and how big food companies target children and teenagers
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    TEDx talk about "pester power" and how big food companies target children and teenagers
Jenni Young

Internet Safety with Annie and Moby - YouTube - 0 views

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    Video for children about internet safety
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    Video for children about internet safety
Jenni Young

Lobbying for English in Indonesia denies children mother-tongue education - 2 views

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    Indonesia's new primary school curriculum has been lambasted for 'dropping' English, but its real failure is to deny children in this multilingual nation a chance to learn in their mother tongue
Jenni Young

Viral Racismo en México - YouTube - 0 views

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    Mexican children choose between a white doll and a brown doll.
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    Mexican children choose between a white doll and a brown doll.
Jenni Young

Media Talk podcast: Marketing and advertising to children - a necessary evil? | Media |... - 0 views

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    Although the advertising industry is subject to regulation, child-targeted advertising remains a concern, especially as kids spend more time online. John Plunkett and guests debate the issues (Guardian Online)
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    Although the advertising industry is subject to regulation, child-targeted advertising remains a concern, especially as kids spend more time online. John Plunkett and guests debate the issues (Guardian Online)
Jenni Young

A Creole Solution for Haiti's Woes - 0 views

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    Children should learn in the language they speak at home, not French.
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    Children should learn in the language they speak at home, not French.
Jenni Young

Carol Ann Duffy: 'Poems are a form of texting' | Education | The Guardian - 0 views

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    The poet laureate believes the fun and creativity of mobile texting will turn today's children into exciting poets of tomorrow
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    The poet laureate believes the fun and creativity of mobile texting will turn today's children into exciting poets of tomorrow
Jenni Young

Saudi Arabia Issues First Anti-Domestic Abuse Advert For Women & Children - 0 views

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    Huffington Post
Jenni Young

Linguist Finds a Language in Its Infancy - 2 views

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    A linguist has concluded that a new language, with unique grammatical rules, has come into existence, created by children in a remote area of Australia (NYT article)
Jenni Young

Resisting the Siren Call of the Screen - 1 views

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    Book review: three new books examine the search for balance in a wired world, especially for children growing up in the digital age.
Jenni Young

The advantages and disadvantages of bilingualism - 0 views

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    Bilingualism in Welsh and English is important for children in Wales: it will affect the rest of their lives, and those of their parents.
Jenni Young

Fighting to save the Welsh language Ymladd i achub yr iaith Gymraeg - 0 views

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    Children are still taught Welsh in schools but few use it socially in adulthood. However, some proud Welsh speakers are doing their best to keep their language alive
Jenni Young

Speaking out for regional accents - 1 views

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    Reaction to a prize-winning novelist who recommended that children be forced to take elocution lessons, to "wipe out" their accents (BBC News 1999)
Jenni Young

Know IT All - Keeping up with children on the internet - 0 views

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    Pamphlet about child safety on the internet (Kidsmart website)
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    Pamphlet about child safety on the internet (Kidsmart website)
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