Negative Effects Of Advertisements

Advertisements make you believe things that are not true. For example: in one commercial for chocolate covered wafers, shows a kid eating them during a lesson and then being able to erase the teacher with a sponge. This is not true and makes kids think that school is the most boring thing in the world when it is actually interesting if you see it the right way.


                                                                                                           
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The "buy me that" syndrome
Every time parents take their children to toy stores and supermarkets the children start begging them to buy a toy that they saw in commercials on TV. During children's programs on TV there are to many commercials that are trying to convince kids to buy toys, drinks, and junk food.
I also have the "buy me that" syndrome. Even though I know how silly commercials are and what they try to do, I still can't hold myself back. For example in a mall I saw a kind of stuffed animal that hugs you. Then I remembered seeing it in a commercial so I decided to buy it. It was good that my mom was with me because she pointed out some things that    proved me that it wasn't worth it. In the end I didn't buy it. When I got home I was happy that I didn't waste my money on something I didn't even need it.                                                                                                    
 


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"Children who watch less TV want fewer toys", says Thomas N. Robinson M.D. That's why parents shouldn't  let their kids watch TV commercials. For example my parents turn down the volume when commercials start. When they  gets too inappropriate they change the channel to a program that we are allowed to watch.