Abby, Zoë and Enzo

While reading the paper today we came across an article about television commercials targeting children.  The author cut the cable in his home close to a year ago, and has an ongoing series regarding this topic.  His main points were about the commercials targeting our children.  Our children do not realize that these are biased companies that don't always show truth in marketing, especially while pushing things like junk food, alchohol, cigarettes, and more.  A point that he just brushed over was about programs desensitizing kids to things like violence and sexual promiscuity.  Young children can't distinguish between real and pretend on the television.  Watching a shoot-out on one of the many cop shows is the same in their minds as watching it on the news, or in their front yard.  It was a good article, and hopefully an eye opener to many parents and caregivers about the amount of t.v. and the programs they let their children watch. 

Source: This television set is not for you — it's for your child by Darryl Cauchon