Thomas H. Wright Lecture 2009: Consuming Kids

For more information and the complete lecture: http://www.slc.edu/news-events/video-audio/video/consuming-kids-2009-thomas-w...

Dr. Susan Linn, psychologist, writer, award-winning producer, and puppeteer, is Associate Director of the Media Center of Judge Baker Childrens Center; Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; and co-founder and director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. She has written extensively about the effects of media and commercial marketing on children. Her book, Consuming Kids, was praised in publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal and Mother Jones. Combining her skills as a writer and performer with her role as a child therapist, Dr. Linn has written and appeared in a number of video programs designed to help children cope with issues ranging from mental illness to death and loss. She was recently awarded the American Psychological Associations Presidential Citation for her work on behalf of children.

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Education

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• Sarah Lawrence College
• Susan Linn
• Marketing to Children
• Consuming Kids
• Child Development