A four-year-old arrives at school and starts crying when she realizes her lunch is packed in a generic plastic bag, not the usual Disney Princess lunchbox she so loves. A friend tells her she won’t be able to sit at the princess lunch table—it’s only for girls with princess lunchboxes. A fourth grader arrives home […]
Author Archives: Diane Levin
Diane Levin is professor of Early Childhood Education at Wheelock College in Boston. She has written or co-written nine books, including: "Beyond Remote-Controlled Childhood" (in press), "So Sexy So Soon," "The War Play Dilemma," and "Teaching Young Children in Violent Times." Levin is a founder of Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment, Defending the Early Years, and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.