The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American children. From thongs and padded bras for 9-year-old girls to "sexting," 24-7 internet porn, and unfiltered social media, kids today are bombarded with commercial sexual appeals like never before. In this astonishing new documentary, award-winning documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer (Leaving Bountiful, How to Divorce and Not Wreck the Kids) explores what this radical transformation of the culture means for young people, parents, and our very notions of childhood. Palmer interviews researchers who have been tracking how the accelerating pressure to be sexy -- and sexual -- is changing kids' behavior and undermining their health. She sits down with parents and educators struggling to help kids navigate puberty in a hypermediated cultural environment that no longer seems to recognize or respect the developmental needs of children. And she talks to teens and pre-teens who share eerily casual insights into the routine role sex plays in their lives. The result is a stunning exploration of the sexualization of childhood and a startling wake-up call for parents who still think their own children are immune to the excesses and influences of today's sexed-up youth culture.

Media Education Foundation Collection

Children -- Sexual behavior -- North America. Preteens -- North America, Preteens, Mass media and children, Body image in girls, Advertising and children -- North America., Children and pornography -- North America., Children in popular culture -- North America

Palmer, Maureen (director), LeGuerrier, Rick (producer), Hogan, Timothy M. (producer), MacDonald, Ann-Marie (narrator), Collins, John (director of Photography), Gallant, Marcel (editor), Gautreau, Jac (composer), Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (producer), Dream Street Pictures (producer), Media Education Foundation (distributor)

00:42:24 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education, college, high school (grades 10-12)

Name	Media Education Foundation
Role	distributor
Telephone	413-584-8500
Address	60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060
Email	[email protected]

2012-01-01

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