Just shy of  New Year’s eve, various PBS stations around the nation will air the one-hour premier, “A Girl’s Life.” (See local listings for December 30, 8 p.m.) Produced by Powderhouse Productions with author Rachel Simmons, it is meant to be a companion piece to the “Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of American [...]

MTV launches A Thin Line, a new initiative to stop the spread of digital abuse –cyberbullying, sexting, and digital dating abuse. One hopes that the likes of MTV might have enough cache and brand loyalty to get kids’ attention. Surveys consistently show misuse of digital communication as a real problem among youth with [...]