Quote Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
Yes I would agree to a certain extent Pam.
Whilst I can see your's and LH's point of view, being that of one accepting their own responsibility for what they consume, I still am against this continuous advertising and such.....particularly where small children are involved. I mean kids are absolutely bombarded from a very young age with all of this junk food advertising. The young are VERY impressionable.
Yes I agree that television is filled with commercials for foods that I would have never considered buying for my family. Junk cereals never ever entered my house. GAG! The problem, in my opinion, is not so much that the ads are geared to kids (which they most certainly are!) but the fact that the parents run out and buy that stuff because their kids ask for it. Honestly, (and this is probably a topic for a whole nuther discussion ) when did parents lose control?? When I was little I didn't have that kind of power over my parents. Why are today's parents so ready to get their kids anything they ask for, even if it is not a good choice? I imagine part of it is that they have also lost control of their own ability to make good choices. I may be showing my age here, but I have to say that things were better way back when.....