Ep 43: Parenting strategies, Beauty and the Beast, and a global perspective on food marketing

When you’re a parent trying to mediate your children’s internet use, is it helpful to be computer literate yourself? Seems like an obvious point, but as always, having research to back it up doesn’t hurt - especially if you want to have an influence on the broader environment outside your own family. Maybe you have taken steps to become more savvy yourself, maybe you’ve encouraged and supported other parents … let us know!In the movie review, Glenn has a close look at the 2017 Disney remake of Beauty and the Beast, spurring reflection on the difference between animation and live action - always from a child development perspective.And finally, Liz returns to a place where she’s spent a lot of time: the world of food marketing. Yes, she did appear on the side of a cereal box as a child, but this is about the *actual* world, as in the United Nations. Liz reviews a recent analysis that concluded we are way better off looking at food ads and their impacts on children’s diet as a human rights issue, not (just) a health issue. Listen to find out why, and if you know anybody who’s concerned about this, here is a button that makes it devilishly easy toShow notesCroatian paper: Leonarda Banic and Tihomir Orehovacki, 'A comparison of parenting strategies in a digital environment: a systematic literature review' (2024) 8(4) Multimodal Technologies and Interaction Published April 2024Beauty and the Beast review: https://childrenandmedia.org.au/movie-reviews/movies/beauty-and-the-beastBeauty and the Beast availability in Australia: https://www.flicks.com.au/movie/beauty-and-the-beast-2017/Zooming Out details: Fiona Sing, Sally Mackay, Margherita Cinà and Boyd Swinburn, 'The utilisation of legal instruments by United Nations actors to restrict the exposure of children to unhealthy food and beverage marketing: a qualitative content analysis of UN instruments' (2023) 19:45 Globalization and Health https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00939-4 https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-023-00939-4Find us on:FacebookInstagramSubstackApple PodcastsSpotifyOR search your favourite listening platform (let me know if it’s not there! – outsidethescreenpod[at]gmail.com)Thanks for listening to Outside the Screen! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Children and Media Australia (CMA)You can find the Children and Media Australia Know Before You Go service via this link.Then, depending what you’re looking for, you can sort the list or search by title alphabetically, by age suitability, by classification or by date added. All of the reviews are prepared by people with training in child development, and they cover every G and PG title released in Australian cinemas since 2002, as well as selected M-rated movies and some pre-2002 ones that are available on streaming services.Or at this link, you can access Know Before You Load – reviews of game style apps and apps that may appeal to young children. These cover some extra things that are relevant to games, like data collection and gambling-like content.You might also like to sign up for our KBYG Weekly newsletter about the latest reviews, and join the CMA facebook community. Get full access to Outside the Screen Podcast at outsidethescreen.substack.com/subscribe