Comments on: What are your top tips for avoiding the impact of ads on your family? http://www.muwinchester.org.uk/2010/07/19/what-are-your-top-tips-for-avoiding-the-impact-of-ads-on-your-family/ Mothers' Union Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alec Muffett http://www.muwinchester.org.uk/2010/07/19/what-are-your-top-tips-for-avoiding-the-impact-of-ads-on-your-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 Alec Muffett Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:01:19 +0000 http://www.muwinchester.org.uk/?p=653#comment-1199 I can't remember my parents ever "dealing" with the issue when I was growing up in the USA, in one of the golden ages of advertising and in one of the most advertising-heavy cultures on the planet. So, before responding/delving in, I'd be interested in the goal of such "dealing"? To fend-off buying requests? To explain what Kotex actually sell? Why toilet-paper ads invariably feature puppies or cuddly bears? You speak of "commercialisation" but other than the undeniable one-way barrage of advertising messaging directed _at_ kids in general - which I remember from 1975 much as much as what I see on TV now - beyond that I don't know what it entails other than it is being viewed by a baby boomer audience who saw the same thing... I can’t remember my parents ever “dealing” with the issue when I was growing up in the USA, in one of the golden ages of advertising and in one of the most advertising-heavy cultures on the planet.

So, before responding/delving in, I’d be interested in the goal of such “dealing”?

To fend-off buying requests? To explain what Kotex actually sell? Why toilet-paper ads invariably feature puppies or cuddly bears? You speak of “commercialisation” but other than the undeniable one-way barrage of advertising messaging directed _at_ kids in general – which I remember from 1975 much as much as what I see on TV now – beyond that I don’t know what it entails other than it is being viewed by a baby boomer audience who saw the same thing…

]]> By: Helen Pain http://www.muwinchester.org.uk/2010/07/19/what-are-your-top-tips-for-avoiding-the-impact-of-ads-on-your-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 Helen Pain Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:59:05 +0000 http://www.muwinchester.org.uk/?p=653#comment-1197 My tactic was to start a conversation as soon as an advert break came on the TV, and to cut the sound so we could hear one another. My tactic was to start a conversation as soon as an advert break came on the TV, and to cut the sound so we could hear one another.

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