Since \”parents\” do not have the guts to tell their children no anymore, their greedy lawyers are only too happy to try and make others do that job for them. How about saying No, you cannot have that and be done with it? Oh dear, that would traumatize the little tyrants we have in the schools now and goodness, we cannot have that can we?
Okay, so Kellog risks a fine whenever the kids see their brand of cereal, juice box, fruit snack, etc. on TV. They take the product off the shelf, because the margins in these products are so thin that the fines contemplated from just one state would wipe out the profit from national sales.
Meanwhile, Kroger, Safeway, etc. sell their store brand, which is just as harmful, but available at a cheaper price and now with less competition, with impunity.
The harm isn\’t in the kids seeing the commericial. The harm is when the parents (how many eight-year olds go grocery shopping by themselves?) buy the stuff AND then allow their children to consume it, to the exclusion of healthier foods.
And don\’t give me that crap that the CSPI and the other plaintiffs don\’t want the money; they sure do. How else will their attorneys get paid?
They know very well that Kellog and Viacom can\’t change their marketing for just one state, and Kellog and Viacom know that if this flies in Massachussettes, the plaintiffs will file more suits in mores states. This is only about money.
The reason I feel McDonalds marketing to children is unethical, is that they are doing it too hook kids on it, so that they still eat it often when they are adults. As adults, they get fatter than fat, weigh down our health system, then die a young death.
I totally agree. I have 3 kids and I tell THEM what to eat. I buy the food. They eat it. Simple huh? Who\’s forcing these parents to buy the junk food? Puhleaze!!!
THANK YOU! You bring up a good point. A lot of parents now seem pretty gutless with their kids. I taught martial arts for 6 years, and I got sick of a 6 year old overruling their parents about things right in front of me before or after classes…
Parents need to start being parents again? I am a product of the 60\’s and Mom and Dad didn\’t take me shopping and let me pick what I wanted to eat. We got junk food once in awhile…but at their discretion. Parents need to quit letting television babysit their kids and get them up and outside, or reading, or flying a kite, or playing board games. Get their minds working so they don\’t have time to think about the junk that is being paraded in front of them. Most of all, take responsibility for what you as a parent does…don\’t lay the blame somewhere else.
The typical bloated serving size of advice from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) consists of 56% Junk Science, 41% Scare Tactics and 28% Sensationalism. These ingredients are labeled clearly in a full-page ad by the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) in today’s Washington Post. The ad is in response to CSPI’s latest rehash of its “Liquid Candy” report and its call for warning labels to frighten Americans
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Since \”parents\” do not have the guts to tell their children no anymore, their greedy lawyers are only too happy to try and make others do that job for them. How about saying No, you cannot have that and be done with it? Oh dear, that would traumatize the little tyrants we have in the schools now and goodness, we cannot have that can we?
Okay, so Kellog risks a fine whenever the kids see their brand of cereal, juice box, fruit snack, etc. on TV. They take the product off the shelf, because the margins in these products are so thin that the fines contemplated from just one state would wipe out the profit from national sales.
Meanwhile, Kroger, Safeway, etc. sell their store brand, which is just as harmful, but available at a cheaper price and now with less competition, with impunity.
The harm isn\’t in the kids seeing the commericial. The harm is when the parents (how many eight-year olds go grocery shopping by themselves?) buy the stuff AND then allow their children to consume it, to the exclusion of healthier foods.
And don\’t give me that crap that the CSPI and the other plaintiffs don\’t want the money; they sure do. How else will their attorneys get paid?
They know very well that Kellog and Viacom can\’t change their marketing for just one state, and Kellog and Viacom know that if this flies in Massachussettes, the plaintiffs will file more suits in mores states. This is only about money.
Ok, someone called me the \”L\” word, not cool.
The reason I feel McDonalds marketing to children is unethical, is that they are doing it too hook kids on it, so that they still eat it often when they are adults. As adults, they get fatter than fat, weigh down our health system, then die a young death.
I totally agree. I have 3 kids and I tell THEM what to eat. I buy the food. They eat it. Simple huh? Who\’s forcing these parents to buy the junk food? Puhleaze!!!
THANK YOU! You bring up a good point. A lot of parents now seem pretty gutless with their kids. I taught martial arts for 6 years, and I got sick of a 6 year old overruling their parents about things right in front of me before or after classes…
It always amazes me how the best and wisest parents have no children.
Parents need to start being parents again? I am a product of the 60\’s and Mom and Dad didn\’t take me shopping and let me pick what I wanted to eat. We got junk food once in awhile…but at their discretion. Parents need to quit letting television babysit their kids and get them up and outside, or reading, or flying a kite, or playing board games. Get their minds working so they don\’t have time to think about the junk that is being paraded in front of them. Most of all, take responsibility for what you as a parent does…don\’t lay the blame somewhere else.
The typical bloated serving size of advice from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) consists of 56% Junk Science, 41% Scare Tactics and 28% Sensationalism. These ingredients are labeled clearly in a full-page ad by the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) in today’s Washington Post. The ad is in response to CSPI’s latest rehash of its “Liquid Candy” report and its call for warning labels to frighten Americans
Hey Yer Daddy, are you talking about the lawyers? I have 3 kids, what about the rest of you?
Who pays for the junk food the kids dat? Are they receiving checks from Kelloggs to buy and eat their products?