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Media Impact on Children

Media can be a positive influence in the lives of children and adolescents, but care is needed to avoid the negative side effects. This is the conclusion of a series of 10 short papers just released by the journal Children and Electronic Media. — Zenit.org

Zenit summarizes the research contained in these papers and concludes that “parents have to take responsibility for helping their children develop healthy media habits.”

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