Should Advertisements Tageting Children Be Banned?

No matter where children are or what they are doing they’ll always find some sort of advertisements. It can be when their casually watching television, reading a magazine or just playing games on their computer. Advertisements are different forms of communication whose purpose is to make their product known to the public. Marketers aren’t partial to certain people; they target anyone and every age group, but recently there has been an upsurge of advertisements aimed towards children. In Eric Schlosser’s article, Kid Kustomers, he demonstrates how child advertising has boomed by the tactics marketers use to get children to want and demand certain companies’ products.

Advertisements also affect a child's own identity because "advertising manipulates [children] through their insecurities, working to define normality for them" (Source C). Children, especially pre-teens and teenagers, are essentially going through a multitude of crises with the most prominent one being and identity crisis. Figuring out who one is, is a vital step towards adulthood and independence, and with advertisements altering children's thoughts and ideas, their futures are not looking as bright. Without a sense of self, humans are nothing. They are simply mindless creatures just trying to survive. They have no intellectual independence and therefore, inventions, ideas, and discoveries will begin to slowly diminish. But, the manipulative ways of advertising can in facts be positive. With 15,312 promotions and public service announcements seen by children and teens annually (Source A), the world has a high chance of new generations of innovators and environmental heroes. If advertisements can, in a sense, manipulate children into doing positive things and taking actions, then yes, advertising to children is an extremely clever thing to do, and will benefit not only the viewers, but the world in

Should advertisements towards childern and teens be banned in the United States? Yes it should, most toy companies and fast food restaurants advertise on television, where the the audience is mostly young childern and teens. Which has taken advantage of the viewers and making them over-spend their money for unimportant things that advertisers put on television. we need to teach our childern the affect advertising has on us..

I believe advertisements targeting children should not be banned in the United States. Doing so would be unconstitutional due to the Freedom of Press amendment. Advertisements can help children by promoting healthy eating habits while at the same time teaching them that advertisements are just ploys for businesses to get more money.

Over half of eight to 12 year olds will spend their own money. This essay is about how advertisers target youth so they feel pressured to buy certain products. The three roles that advertisers play in the lives of youth are that advertisers overwhelm youth with ads, design ads to target youth so they nag their parents, and to target youth so they pressure others.

In my own opinion I don't really think advertisment is good for the children right now. I think they should be banned because they influence kids at a young age that certaing foods or certain styles are necessary in order to fit in with the crowd. For

American businesses are prone to using children to advertise their products. Wether or not it should be banned, depends on the company's intentions. There are good and bad people in the marketing industry. The way children think or respond to what they are promoting is their decision. Children's brains are developing, and many kid's do not know the difference between right or wrong.

I belive Children Adevertising should be Ban. I think it should be ban because it can cause the child become a serious Impulse buyer. Also i do think that advertisment to children is wrong because it does show children that happiness can be bought. Now the Ad on Televison that just showed a group of kids at mcdonalds eatting a Big-Mac aswell as a Twenty Peice order of Chicken Nuggets. That is happiness to children aswell as being able to play in the playing area.

In my opinion I believe that advertisements targeting children should be allowed in the United States. I am though slightly mixed on this matter, my statement above is correct as long as those advertisments in any way don't harm the children by brainwashing them to think bad things are good things. By the end of my essay, you decide what is best for the children of the United States.

Advertisements targeting children in the United States should be monitored as well as limited. Children are easy targets for new items they see on commercials, whether it be on television, the internet, or even the radio. Too much advertising on particular items such as, toys or electronics, fast foods, or junk foods are teaching our children to ask for everything they see, regardless, how it effects their feelings when they cannot receive it.

I believe advertisements targeting children should not be banned in the United States for a number of reasons. As it has already been stated concerns about advertising to children are quite reasonable, indeed it is but advertising is technically not good or bad, it's simply how its used. One of their arguments is that Children are easy prey to these advertisments which is true in a number of ways, but here's my rebutle. They say children influence their parents to spend $249 billion dollars but thats exactly what it is influence, its the parents choice to spend money. the Advertisers should not be blamed for the parents decision because they are not forcing anything apon the parents or the children. Not only this but taking down advertisments

At the same time, two recent trends have increased advertisers’ interest in children (Calvert, 2008). One the one hand, the purchasing power of children has increased in recent years. One the other hand, while youth-directed television advertising continues to play a large role in marketing strategies, interactive technologies have helped create new methods of advertising to children. Increasing efforts to reach younger audiences will likely compound some of the preexisting negative effects of targeting children (Strasburger, 2006).

Our goverment shouldn't ban ads effecting children. Without these ads, they would never learn how to become effective consumers. Children need to be taught to see ads for what they really are, attempts to sell a product. Teachers and arentshould be activly involved in doing so, because ads are a very important part of our economy. Sure they aren't all that good, but it's what makes companies money. Show ads instead that promote healthy eating, or playing outside with friends with the toy they are selling. Not ones that show candy, or a kids stuck inside playing video games. Young minds are easily influenced and see more than a thousand ads a year. Make a positive impact. Ads shouldn't be banned becasue businesses will begin to fail. Instead,

I think government should not stay out of the way of child marketers. I believe it is wrong to advertise to children because as a mother of two boys under two it’s frustrating to not have control of what my children are watching. They are not able to understand that it is an ad that’s aimed for them to become manipulated, they just assume it’s something they want and need. The children are easily manipulated and can’t think for themselves. For example the food ads directed to children and the product placement in the stores should be the number one thing to be banned because it contributes to childhood obesity. The food ads the children see has bright and vibrant colors that are used attracts them and they

Kids are still easily persuaded, and will buy anything they see and like that is being advertised. According to $211 billion and So Much To Buy says, over half of eight to twelve year olds will spend their own money on candy and toys. While a quarter will buy books and one-in-five will purchase clothing. I think ads are bad for children, because they will use their own money or will keep begging their parents to get it for them.