Ratings: Making Healthy Media Choices

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Patient Education| 2021 Ratings: Making Healthy Media Choices Connected Content Translation: Clasificaciones: cómo realizar elecciones saludables sobre los medios de comunicación Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ratings: Making Healthy Media Choices. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document083 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Topics: computers, drug usage, internet, languages, mobile applications, music, software, television, video games, violence Why do we need ratings? Research has shown that children are influenced by what they see and hear, especially at very young ages. To help parents make informed choices about what their children see and hear, many entertainment companies use ratings systems. Ratings give parents more information about the content of television (TV) programs, movies, music, or computer and video games. Read on for more information from the American Academy of Pediatrics about ratings and how you can help your children make healthy media choices. Your children will be exposed to all forms of entertainment and media at a very young age. One role you have as a parent is to help your children develop the skills to question what they see and hear in the media. Using these skills, they can learn how to pick media that has positive influences... © 2020 American Academy of Pediatrics All rights reserved. You do not currently have access to this content.