My 9 year old son had me beaming with pride after this conversation:
[Logan watching TV] "Dad, why can they do that?"
[Me]"Do what, son?"
[Logan]"Make that commercial like that"
[Me] "I don't understand what you mean"
[Logan] "well, I have that toy that they were showing, and it doesn't do any of that stuff. It isn't even fun"
[Me] "You already know the answer. What did we say that TV commercials are?"
[Logan] "People trying to make you buy something that you really don't need"
[Me] "Does that mean they can tell lies?"
[Logan] "I guess they can, because that commercial was a big fat lie."
I have spent time with both of my kids trying to explain advertising to them and they now have a basic understanding that Media will stop at nothing to bring you over to their way of thinking. I know that lots of people still don't consider that 'mind control' but it sure fits all the definitions that I know.
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