Comments on: When “basic” cultures start to look good http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/08/23/when-basic-cultures-start-to-look-good/ dawn friedman's blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Lynn http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/08/23/when-basic-cultures-start-to-look-good/#comment-104 Lynn Sat, 24 Aug 2002 14:45:03 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=129#comment-104 This is called "media literacy," and it's vital to teach it to your kids. I've been working on it with Josie for a while now; luckily she doesn't seem to cue in on commercials for her "wants." My girl all the way, she seems to pick up most of them from newspaper/magazine ads. :) This is called “media literacy,” and it’s vital to teach it to your kids. I’ve been working on it with Josie for a while now; luckily she doesn’t seem to cue in on commercials for her “wants.” My girl all the way, she seems to pick up most of them from newspaper/magazine ads. :)

]]> By: eli http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/08/23/when-basic-cultures-start-to-look-good/#comment-103 eli Sat, 24 Aug 2002 10:03:59 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=129#comment-103 Ah SO interesting. I too speak with kidlet about this b.s. - and we did not have a telly for his first four years of life, but he'd still hear it from other sources-even radio :P i heard a funny sharing the other day, a comedian pondering why babies are put on toliet paper packages, "they don't use it, they don't know how to use it"........ Oh isn't that baby cute, let's get this package-lol! Oh and then he was going on about buying toliet tissue in bulk at a place such as costco and getting depressed thinking how long he'd be using that! (If you ever want his blog address!) I love your dialogues with Noah! Ah SO interesting. I too speak with kidlet about this b.s. - and we did not have a telly for his first four years of life, but he’d still hear it from other sources-even radio :P
i heard a funny sharing the other day, a comedian pondering why babies are put on toliet paper packages, “they don’t use it, they don’t know how to use it”…….. Oh isn’t that baby cute, let’s get this package-lol! Oh and then he was going on about buying toliet tissue in bulk at a place such as costco and getting depressed thinking how long he’d be using that! (If you ever want his blog address!)

I love your dialogues with Noah!

]]> By: mudra http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/08/23/when-basic-cultures-start-to-look-good/#comment-102 mudra Sat, 24 Aug 2002 07:07:38 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=129#comment-102 Logan and I have this discussion all the time too. He used to say "I want this! I saw it on a 'mercial" and it drove me absolutely nuts. The really strange part is that we rarely watch TV, especially commercial TV, so it's all the more stunning to see how powerful the influence of advertising can be even in very limited quantity. He still has trouble grasping the concept that advertisers would actually try to trick people - i.e. LIE - about their products, but he's catching on. When he spots an advertising trick on his own, I'm always really excited. I wish someone would've pointed it out to me at a young age, instead of just later telling me "You can't have that, it's too expensive". I think it's a great thing to teach kids about consumerism and advertising manipulation. Logan and I have this discussion all the time too. He used to say “I want this! I saw it on a ‘mercial” and it drove me absolutely nuts. The really strange part is that we rarely watch TV, especially commercial TV, so it’s all the more stunning to see how powerful the influence of advertising can be even in very limited quantity. He still has trouble grasping the concept that advertisers would actually try to trick people - i.e. LIE - about their products, but he’s catching on. When he spots an advertising trick on his own, I’m always really excited. I wish someone would’ve pointed it out to me at a young age, instead of just later telling me “You can’t have that, it’s too expensive”. I think it’s a great thing to teach kids about consumerism and advertising manipulation.

]]> By: Lisa B-K http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/08/23/when-basic-cultures-start-to-look-good/#comment-101 Lisa B-K Sat, 24 Aug 2002 05:48:03 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=129#comment-101 We rarely watch TV, but my almost 4 YO can recite commercials. She really wants me to buy some weed whacker. I forget the tag line, but she says it all the time when she's urging me to buy this weed whacker. ::sigh:: We rarely watch TV, but my almost 4 YO can recite commercials. She really wants me to buy some weed whacker. I forget the tag line, but she says it all the time when she’s urging me to buy this weed whacker. ::sigh::

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/08/23/when-basic-cultures-start-to-look-good/#comment-100 Suzanne Sat, 24 Aug 2002 05:19:52 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=129#comment-100 Back when we still watched commercial television, I tried to explain commercials (while watching a Barbie commercial) to my 3 year old, Sally, because I had read that most young children made no distinction between the shows they watched and the commercials. I told her that they weren't really shows, but made to make her want something. I was proud when she said "Oh!" and obviously understood. Then she said "Okay! It worked! I want it!" Back when we still watched commercial television, I tried to explain commercials (while watching a Barbie commercial) to my 3 year old, Sally, because I had read that most young children made no distinction between the shows they watched and the commercials. I told her that they weren’t really shows, but made to make her want something. I was proud when she said “Oh!” and obviously understood. Then she said “Okay! It worked! I want it!”

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