The Exploitation of Children is another area of concern: 

1. Beauty pageants.
2. Exposure to pornography – TV, Internet, Mobile Phones without parental permission.
3. Some parents using TV as a babysitter.
4. Playboy Brand Jewellery at Diva Stores.
5. Shopping advertising to gain equipment for schools.
6. Making parents feel guilty if their child doesn’t have a mobile phone, Ipad or Computer Games.

Australian Council on Children and the Media: 
www.childrenandmedia.org.au

Bye Buy Childhood
• Report into the commercialisation of childhood.
http://www.muenterprises.org/wp-content/themes/byebuymu/files/bye_buy_childhood_report_pdf.pdf 

Bailey Review
• An independent review on the commercialisation and sexualisation of children for the UK Government carried out by Reg Bailey (CEO, The Mothers’ Union).

• The summary of Report and Recommendations can be found on pages 13-19
Click Here

Response from Mothers’ Union to the Bailey Review ‘Letting Children be Children’,
• published Monday 6th June 2011.

Click Here 

Suitable for individuals, groups, children & older members of community, sporting groups, workplace, commercial areas, schools, churches, MU.

Choose Respect is to make a conscious effort to:

1. Treat others with Respect, no matter how they treat you.
2. Treat yourself with Respect.
3. Forgive others who do not treat you with Respect.
4. Resist your natural desire for “revenge or pay back”.
5. Apologise when you do not treat others with Respect.
6. Support others who are not treated with Respect.
7. Ask for support when others do not treat you with Respect.

If we as a community were to observe “Choose Respect” the whole climate of behaviour can change no matter what the age of the individual or where they live and Australia would be a better place to live.

http://www.chooserespect.com/