The Effects Of Advertising On Children s Physical And...

Nowadays advertising has been a big deal for children, because it can lead children to adopt certain consumer behavior which can result in negative impacts on children’s physical and mental health. Marketing directly to children is a factor in the childhood obesity epidemic, it also encourages eating disorders, previous sexuality, youth violence and family stress and contributes to children’s diminished capability to play creatively. Marketing children is a huge business because they are an easy target. In the following articles I will talk about how there is different types of consumers through advertisements. Advertising can effect children in a positive way but mostly in a negative way at a young age. Nowadays companies target kids†¦show more content†¦What companies do is that they make things sound awesome that way the children can go to their parents and ask for it and the way they get what they want is to whine to their parents. Food and drink companies now have many ways to reach children as the line between entertainment and advertising is increasingly blurred. It’s not just the ads on TV, children are being targeted through the internet, social media, viral marketing, celebrity endorsements, and even smartphones. That teaches them how to be consumers and overly conscious about materialistic things. This article is mostly about teaching girls about American history but it doesn t really tell the true history about children in America and it should teach then the values of life and to be thankful what they have and not what they think they need. Daniel Hade is a professor of language and literacy, in his article â€Å"Lies My Children’s Books Taught Me† he argues that the American girl doll is to educate todays young girls about the American history and the roles girls play throughout history. The Pleasant Company makers of the â€Å"American Girl† collection manipulates children, parents, and even school teachers by selling expensive dolls, accessories, and lesson plans. The American Girl franchise’s main goal is not to connect girls with history so much as a lesson in consumerism. Hade writes that the history Americans are taught, especially through children’s