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The Role of the Mass Media in Parenting Education

Released in 1997, The Role of the Mass Media in Parenting Education is still in demand as an innovative concept paper on parenting and the media. 

Prepared by A. Rae Simpson, Ph.D., the report analyzes the strengths and weaknesses in media attention to parenting issues and offers several recommendations for tapping the power of the media more effectively on behalf of parents and those who work with and for parents and families. 

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The Role of the Mass Media in Parenting Education (PDF)

If you are unable to download the report, please contact the MIT Center for Work, Family and Personal Life at worklife@mit.edu, 617-253-1592.

 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
To reach the report's author, Rae Simpson, contact her at:

A. Rae Simpson, Ph.D.
Program Director, Parenting Education and Research
Center for Work, Family and Personal Life
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Room 16-151
Cambridge, MA  02139-4307
Telephone: 617-253-1592 
Fax: 617-253-2609 
E-mail: rsimpson@mit.edu