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    <description>New resources listed in the Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network</description>

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      <title>Media in the Lives of Young Children</title>
      <link>http://www1.cyfernet.org/hotnew/02-12-media.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This Hot Topic page provides information on media and young children.  It includes
resources on how much time children are engaging with media, identifies potentially negative impacts of media use, highlights educational use of media, and gives helpful suggestions for parents to use when making decisions and supervising children using various media.]]></description>
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      <title>Keeping Kids Active in the Winter Months</title>
      <link>http://www1.cyfernet.org/hotnew/01-12-activekids.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This Hot Topic contain useful information on ways to help keep kids active in the winter months.  Links are provided to fact sheets, activity ideas, research on physical activities and health, and curriculum ideas for groups of kids.]]></description>
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      <title>Helping Military Families Create Systems of Social Support</title>
      <link>http://learn.extension.org/events/420</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This is an archived version of a 60-minute web conference presented by the Family Development concentration of eXtension's Military Families Learning Community.  Dennis K. Orthner, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Andrew Behnke, Ph.D., North Carolina State University discuss helping military families develop/strengthen social support systems and specific strategies to help military families promote family well-being.]]></description>
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      <title>Media Literacy Education with Young Children: Possible or Not?</title>
      <link>http://journalofmedialiteracy.org/index.php/past-issues/18-pride-a-joy-media-literacy-a-the-early-years/248-media-literacy-education-with-young-children-possible-or-not</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This article discusses issues with attempting media literacy with young children and provides some insights into educating adults who work with children and children themselves on what is happening in media.]]></description>
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      <title>iPads for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders</title>
      <link>http://www.lesleyalumni.org/webinars/ipads-for-children-with-autism-spectrum-disorders</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This webinar is presented by faculty at Lesley University and demonstrates iPad applications that are being used with children with autism.]]></description>
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      <title>Common Sense Media</title>
      <link>http://www.commonsensemedia.org/new</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This website allows parents and educators to review media including applications intended for use by children.]]></description>
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      <title>A Parents&#226;&#128;&#153; Guide to Video Games, Parental Controls and Online Safety</title>
      <link>http://www.esrb.org/about/news/downloads/ESRB_PTA_Brochure-web_version.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An informational guide for parents about choosing age-appropriate games, setting up parental controls, and making sure their child’s video game experience is safe and secure.]]></description>
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      <title>Are New Media a Boon to Young Children&#226;&#128;&#153;s Education?</title>
      <link>http://nieer.org/psm/index.php?article=259</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This news brief discusses the introduction of media into the lives of young children and the lack of research or child development knowledge behind many of the products currently being marketed.]]></description>
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