Food Ads and Our Kids

It would be terrific if only the healthiest of healthy foods passed the lips of our children.  Let’s be honest, it would be terrific if we could claim that for ourselves.

In the real world we teach our kids about nutrition and, if we’re lucky, pass on an appreciation for the way the media tries to influence what we think about things.  It can be fun to challenge kids to figure out what ploys the advertisement writers are using to make kids feel they need to own, do, or eat the product-of-the-moment.

Take a look at this article about how Nickelodeon is getting bashed for providing air time to food manufacturers promoting less-than-optimal foods to our kids (please recognize my exceedingly diplomatic language).