Schlosser's Response

While reading through "Kid Kustomers" by Eric Schlosser, I was beginning to disagree with him. Basically most of what he said was true about kids getting into advertisements. But the thing is that if the parents are well taking care of their own child and doesn't listen to them, then they wouldn't be doing all these kids of different child advertisements. I think that parents who spoil their kids too much are the ones not doing their job.

Kids these days are sure getting into watching tv, play games, and being on an internet. Why? I think it's because life these days are becoming very dull. When I was a kid I wasn't into these advertisements. We always had something to do, back at home, besides watching tv or playing games. We would always be out hours after hours playing outside games like bat, andy-andy over, kick the can etc. And during the summer we would be making snow mans, build igloos once in a great while, go sledding, and ice skating. Those times were so much fun when advertisements weren't so important to us. There weren't days were we would say "So Boring!" or "Wish we had something to do!" But of course we would watch some movies like Micky Mouse, Barney, and all those old time movies. We weren't as worse as these kids these days.

According to Schlosser's "Kids Kustomers," he says, " The internet has become another powerful tool for assembling data about children." He may be right, but i strongly disagree with him. Most children aren't on the internet just to give out their information. Who knows they might be playing games or working on their online homework. AS what I have seen, most children aren't even contemplating on internet. I've seen children reading books learning their alphabets or just reading kid's books. Not only this, but they could actually do something that could prepare them for education they're going to face as they starting maturing.

Parents has the responsibility of their own child. To teach them what is right and wrong. It seems to me that the parents own child is becoming their parents when it shouldn't become that way. Parenting may be a hard step to life, but they have to learn to cooperate with the child responsibly.

With all do respect, child advertising isn't that bad, unless if it gets out of hand.