Never has it been more urgent for all who are responsible for the care, development, and education of young children, as well as for those involved in creating relevant legislation and regulations, to learn from Diane Levin’s extensive experience and research on media-related issues. This book includes recommendations and suggestions for how teachers and parents can best protect and promote the well-being of all our young children.
—Lilian Katz, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois
 
Diane Levin offers wise and timely advice to early childhood teachers about how to help children get beyond the powerful and pervasive media messages that can lead to remote-controlled childhood.
—Stephanie Feeney, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii at Manoa
 
As one of the world’s premier experts on children and the media, Diane Levin understands how today’s media culture is impacting children. This book analyzes how all types of media—TV programs, videos, video games, websites, music, advertisements, apps—are affecting children’s lives, including what and how they learn from these experiences, and offers realistic suggestions to teachers and parents for what to do about it.
—Blakely Bundy, Executive Director, The Alliance for Early Childhood
 
This book speaks to all who are concerned about the impact of media and screen exposure on young minds, bodies, and hearts. It is also an urgent call to action. If you are concerned about the media children see and hear, you must read this book!
—Frank Baker, President, Media Literacy Clearinghouse
 
If you care about what children learn in school, you should also care about what they absorb from the media. This book will help teachers and families work together to meet this critical twenty-first century challenge.
—Jane Katch, Teacher, Touchstone Community School, and Author, Under Deadman’s Skin: Discovering the Meaning of Children's Violent Play