Too sexy, too soon: Combating the sexualization of childhood
By Nancy Shute, U.S. News & World Report
August 11, 2008
A 6-year-old asks at dinner, "What's a blow job?" Four-year-old girls mimic Britney Spears's pelvis-grinding gyrations. Eight-year-old girls plot how to manipulate their parents to buy them "sexy" midriff-baring tops. And fifth-grade boys tell their teacher they know you don't have to like a person to have sex with them because they've seen pornography on the Internet. Click here to read the full story.
Too sexy, too soon
Video of Jean and Diane on Good Morning America
August 7, 2008
How are kids being influenced by references to sex in the media? Watch video here.
Raising kids in sexualized society: Q & A from the Today show
August 6, 2008
The authors of the book “So Sexy So Soon,” Diane Levin and Jean Kilbourne, answer questions about how today's sexualized culture affects kids as young as 7 years old, and they offer tips on how parents can address this with their children. Click here to read the story.
Watch video of Diane and Jean on the Today show.
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