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dixiegrrrrl

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2. All the more reason to keep commercial tv away from kids

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Feb 3, 2013, 02:20 PM

Feb 2013

in the early formative years ( 1-6)
Luckily, I was able to do that for my wee ones.
They got Seasame Street and etc type PBS shows, back when PBS was really non-commercial.

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imprinted: kids' brains 'branded' with fast-food logos [View all] xchrom Feb 2013 OP

This is nothing new, MadHound Feb 2013 #1

In the late Fifties/early Sixties, kids knew the manufacturers no_hypocrisy Feb 2013 #4

All the more reason to keep commercial tv away from kids dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #2

It's a Pavlovian response kudzu22 Feb 2013 #3

I have posted about regulating advertising to children on DU & been attacked. KittyWampus Feb 2013 #5

Agreed jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #6