Gloria DeGaetano’s Books and Cds


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I love sharing research-based information with parents and professionals in the field of family support through my books, CDs, and articles (Please highlight and link to articles list page.) The books below link to Amazon but you can also order my books when you order CDs and articles through this Order Form . Just print the Order Form and mail in with payment.

The two manuals I wrote, Media Smarts K-2 and Media Smarts 3-5 are available in a PDF format for you. The reason for this is that you can then print those pages that you need—whether activities for the children, parent handouts, or the research pages to share with colleagues. If you would like to see a few pages of the manuals before purchasing, please e-mail me and I would be happy to e-mail a few samples, so you can determine if the manuals will be useful to you. Like the books, CDs, and articles, the manuals are available through this Order Form (Please highlight and link to PDF Order Form).

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Books and CDs by Gloria DeGaetano

Parenting Well in a Media Age: Keeping Our Kids Human, 2005, Personhood Press.
2007 Winner of the i-Parenting Media Award

In this book, I explain the industry-generated culture we are all a part of—as mass media conglomerates influence our children in increasingly profound ways. I lay out six parenting challenges that are unique to parenting in a business-driven counterfeit culture. I then discuss The Vital Five, devoting a chapter for each of these human needs that all too often are getting shortchanged when screen technologies dominate the lives of children and teens. If our children grow without these needs being met, well, then our society continues to splinter. But if we can meet these core needs for our children, they will grow up capable of ushering in the “personally-generated” culture—with families and communities focusing on keeping our children, and our society, human

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Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie, and Video Game Violence, (with Lt. Col Dave Grossman) Crown, 1999.
I wrote this book to compile the research on media violence that is often not in the hands of parents or educators. Although a few of the video game examples are dated, the book’s research and practical ideas stand and indeed, are more needed now than ever with the increasingly violent and sadistic video games available today.

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Media Smarts, K-2 (available as a PDF)

Media Smarts, 3-5 (available as a PDF)

These manuals, 112 pages each, contain age appropriate media literacy activities so youngsters can think about the impact of media and learn to thoughtfully respond to its messages. In addition to the student activities, each manual contains an overview of important research, along with camera-ready parent handouts.

CDs Currently Available (each CD is about one hour in length.)

Healthy Brain Development in a Media Age

The Paradox of Self-Care: Taking good care of yourself to better care for your children

	The Vital Five: A General Overview
	The Vital Five: # 1 The Power of the Parent-Child Bond
	The Vital Five: # 2 An Interior Life: The foundation for a healthy self-identity
	The Vital Five: # 3 Image-Making: The prerequisite for an imagination
	The Vital Five: # 4 Creative Expression: Finding and using our unique gifts
	The Vital Five: # 5 Contribution as Relationship: We give to what gives us meaning

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