It's better to try to get them to understand things that are difficult to understand than to hide them. It's been shown in research and it's just common sense that hiding something makes kids want to see it more. So, by trying to hide it, you're actually making the problem worse. Even doing nothing at all is better than making it worse.
Parents should not try to HIDE anything from their kids. That's the worst thing to try to do. Just show them why advertising is bad, and anyone trying to get profit has a motive to lie to you and exploit you. Then you can safely let them see any advertisement as much as you want.
1) Not all marketing is obvious, a lot is subtle or subliminal and taken in subconsciously. Marketers know every trick in the book in this regard 2) How do you make a young child understand those sorts of concepts? They're essentially being marketed to from the day they're born. They have a very low capacity for critical thought until they reach their teens. Not saying it can't be done, but you have to admit that there's quite a low chance winning out over marketers and making such ideals stick
I appreciate that people are finally starting to talk about the enormous effects of junk food marketing. But I also disagree with the main point of this video that parents are powerless, no matter how hard they try. And that just a small exposure to junk food marketing will have the same effect as a very large exposure. Kids are spending over 4 hours per day (on average) watching TV and movies and over an hour per day (on average) on the internet. Parents could cut way back on that (the AAP recommends no more than 1-2 hours of screen-time per day). But whether 1 hour per day or 5 hours per day of screen time, there are now easy ways to cut out all the screen marketing. Instead of cable, switch to DVDs or Netflix or Amazon (no commercials). As for online, Firefox and other browsers now have ad blocking abilities. I understand that for someone very poor, electronic babysitters are a god-sent and that poor parents have to take whatever free babysitting services available (even those filled with predatory marketing). But far too many parents pay big money for commercial filled cable when they could switch to cheaper commercial-free alternatives. Or even better going very low-TV or even no-TV, which believe it not, still happens in this day and age.
This is strange to me. I ate all kinds of vegetables when I was younger. Some I didn't like, but most I did. Americans (USA) are a strange bunch. We are going against our evolution by not eating fresh vegetables and fruits
It's better to try to get them to understand things that are difficult to understand than to hide them. It's been shown in research and it's just common sense that hiding something makes kids want to see it more. So, by trying to hide it, you're actually making the problem worse. Even doing nothing at all is better than making it worse.
Parents should not try to HIDE anything from their kids. That's the worst thing to try to do.
Just show them why advertising is bad, and anyone trying to get profit has a motive to lie to you and exploit you.
Then you can safely let them see any advertisement as much as you want.
1) Not all marketing is obvious, a lot is subtle or subliminal and taken in subconsciously. Marketers know every trick in the book in this regard
2) How do you make a young child understand those sorts of concepts? They're essentially being marketed to from the day they're born. They have a very low capacity for critical thought until they reach their teens. Not saying it can't be done, but you have to admit that there's quite a low chance winning out over marketers and making such ideals stick
I appreciate that people are finally starting to talk about the enormous effects of junk food marketing. But I also disagree with the main point of this video that parents are powerless, no matter how hard they try. And that just a small exposure to junk food marketing will have the same effect as a very large exposure.
Kids are spending over 4 hours per day (on average) watching TV and movies and over an hour per day (on average) on the internet.
Parents could cut way back on that (the AAP recommends no more than 1-2 hours of screen-time per day).
But whether 1 hour per day or 5 hours per day of screen time, there are now easy ways to cut out all the screen marketing. Instead of cable, switch to DVDs or Netflix or Amazon (no commercials). As for online, Firefox and other browsers now have ad blocking abilities.
I understand that for someone very poor, electronic babysitters are a god-sent and that poor parents have to take whatever free babysitting services available (even those filled with predatory marketing). But far too many parents pay big money for commercial filled cable when they could switch to cheaper commercial-free alternatives. Or even better going very low-TV or even no-TV, which believe it not, still happens in this day and age.
Actually I saw that kid spend way more than 5 hours total. It was 8.5 hours on a regular day. (
This is strange to me. I ate all kinds of vegetables when I was younger. Some I didn't like, but most I did. Americans (USA) are a strange bunch. We are going against our evolution by not eating fresh vegetables and fruits