The Pub:
And yet another one I will never understand.
In my opinion the only way you “advertise to kids” is by advertising to kids who aren’t parented. And that is by no means the companies fault for advertising.
I try not to let my kids watch to much TV….in reality they probably watch more than I would like. But when they see a commercial for something they want I say “no”. Or maybe I say yes….point is….I parent. I know how to say NO.
The whole kids meal thing. That one gets my blood boiling. My kids all the time ask to go to McDonalds. Not for the toy…but because they like their chicken nuggets and french fries.
But I tell them “NO”. Sometimes we go….but no that often. I say “NO”.
I didn’t even read but a couple sentences of this article. It just ticks me off.
And of course Obama wants to regulate what a company can and can’t do. Isn’t that what he does best?
via GOP pushes back on effort to limit kids’ food ads – Yahoo! News.
House Republicans are siding with food companies resisting the Obama administration’s efforts to pressure them to stop advertising junk food for children.
Some food companies say the government is going too far with guidelines proposed earlier this year by several government agencies. The voluntary guidelines would attempt to shield children from ads for sugary and fatty foods — think colorful characters on cereal boxes — on television, in stores and on the Internet. Companies would be urged to market foods to children ages 2 through 17 only if they contain specific healthy ingredients and are low in fats, sugars and sodium.
Even though the guidelines are voluntary, many companies are aggressively lobbying against them, saying they fear the government will retaliate against them if they don’t go along.
via GOP pushes back on effort to limit kids’ food ads – Yahoo! News.
