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Celebrate Screen-Free Week April 30 - May 6

Screen-Free Week is rapidly approaching and it’s going to be the best ever! And for the very first time, our Screen-Free Week Organizer's Kit—which includes everything you need to plan a fun-filled week—is absolutely free! Learn more about Screen-Free Week and download your Organizer's Kit today. Learn more > | Get your Organizer's Kit > | Visit the SFW website > | Visit the SFW store >

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Tell Legislators: Don't Turn School Buses Into Traveling Billboards

Faced with budget shortfalls, many states are considering overturning long-standing laws that prohibit advertising on school buses, which could transform them into traveling billboards for everything from fast food to violent and sexualized media. While we're enormously concerned about the financial plight of schools, commercializing our children’s education is not the answer. That’s why we’ve created the School Bus Ad Action Center where you can urge your legislators to oppose this commercial escalation. Take action> | Learn more>

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Tell the FTC: Protect Children's Online Privacy

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed important new safeguards to create a safer online experience for children.
But industry groups are pushing back hard. If you care about children’s online privacy, the FTC needs to hear from you. Take action > | Read CCFC's FTC complaint against Webkinz.com >

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CCFC January News

In this issue: Get Ready for Screen-Free Week! April 30 – May 6; Thanks for Helping Us Meet Our Fundraising Goal; Take Action to Stop School Bus Ads; Save the Date! 8th Consuming Kids Summit: September 27-29; Massachusetts Media Literacy Bill Picks Up Steam; Alcohol Ads Banned from Boston Trains and Buses!; Recommended Reading; Protecting Children from Predatory Online Marketing). Read More >

The people have spoken!
Vinci "iPad" for Babies Voted Worst Toy of the Year

Capturing 43% of the vote, the Vinci Touchscreen Mobile Learning Tablet has won CCFC's 2011 TOADY (Toys Oppressive And Destructive to Young Children) Award for the Worst Toy of 2011. The first “iPad” for babies beat out rivals the I Am T-Pain Mic, Monster High Ghoul Spirit Fearleading Doll 3-Pack), WWE Colossal Crashdown Arena, and Coca Cola Monopoly. The push to convince parents that screen time is educational for babies is what propelled Vinci to outpace its formidable competition. Learn more > | Read the press release > | CCFC members explain their votes >

We did it!
Scholastic Drastically Cuts Corporate-Sponsored Materials

Thanks to nearly 60,000 parents, educators and grassroots activists, schools will be less inundated with commercialism this fall. Leading educational publisher Scholastic has agreed to drastically reduced its corporate-sponsored teaching materials. Over the years, Scholastic's InSchool Marketing division has produced materials designed to promote the interests of corporate clients like Disney, Microsoft, and Nestle. Read the New York Times story > | Read the press release > | Read our email to members > | Learn about our Scholastic/coal campaign > | Thank Scholastic >