....at least mine do. No amount of advertising will change that. But this food nanny doesn't think they are capable of making their own choices. Rob Quigley complained to the Advertising Standards Complaints Board. They found that the Tegel chicken ads that use child "pester power" have not "been prepared with the high sense of social responsibility required under the (advertising) code."
And get this." Children should not be urged in advertisements to ask their parents to buy products for them."
No kidding. They should go out and get a job so they can buy the stuff themselves?
What is always overlooked is, if you don't like the ad, if you don't like the messages your kids are getting, you can turn the TV off.
Moral of the story; the less responsibility we are accorded the less we will exercise.
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"Pester Power"???
Grow a spinal column and just say "NO"
That's what real parents do!
Responsibility implies choice. Choice implies a free society. You can't have freedom without responsibility. You can't have responsibility without freedom. No wonder socialism, doesn't work and capitalism does.
So, let me get this straight. Advertisers can say whatever they like, encourage unhealthy behaviours, use misleading information, and it's all down to parents to exercise responsibility. When are the advertisers expected to show some responsibility given the enormous freedoms they enjoy?
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