"Marybeth Hicks reminds us that it is more important to be our children's parents than it is to be their friends. Her book is a go-to guide when it’s time to set limits on how much and what our children are exposed to in this world of celebrity, mass media and affluence."
Chris Hansen, Dateline NBC Author, To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids From Online Enemies Already in Your Home
Center on Media and Child Health
Parents Television Council
www.mommasaid.net
www.charactercounts.org
www.josephsoninstitute.org
Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Growing Up With the News -- Pew Research Report
Teaching Conversational Skills
FamilyFun.com -- Teaching children the art of good conversation
National Study of Youth and Religion
Peer Group Basics: Cool Kids and Losers
www.modestyzone.net
Kaiser Family Foundation
Northwest Media Literacy Center
Kid's Sports Network
Fitness for Kids Who Don't Like Sports
International Child Art Foundation
Kids and Commercialism
Campaign for a Commercialfree Childhood
Kidsandadvertising