tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697013836872066663.post-68624363818773900142008-06-10T08:23:00.000-07:002008-06-10T08:36:21.733-07:002008-06-10T08:36:21.733-07:00"Use your words": Giving parents language to talk about mediaDiane Levin, an author and professor of early childhood education at Wheelock College in Boston, gave a 2-hour talk here this morning about media's influence on children. She focused on the bad: too much violence, too much commercialism, too much sex. But the end of her session struck me as useful -- not just for early childhood educators, but for parents too. She gave examples of how to talk to Lisa Guernseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05802490119006848211noreply@blogger.com1