Advertising diatribe

[goldenshrine@juno.com]

<<<<But the fact remains that TV advertising is targeting younger kids
all the
time. TV is *not* a teaching tool, even with "educational" children's
programs. It lacks the required feedback loops, an so teaches children to
blindly accept what they see.>>>>

<<<<<an so teaches children to blindly accept what they see.>>>>>

Wrong!! Try: if your kids are extremely STUPID. 

If they are little or young you should be there with them, while they are
watching the show. If you can't, at least encourage the child to talk
about what he/she has seen and involve them in a conversation about it.
Ask them what they did and didn't like about it; what they thought was
real. Tell them the truth about it early on and involve them in reading.

While I agree TV can be a bad thing, it is all in the context.

And thinking your children have no power to make up their minds about
what they believe or not....

Van
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