http://redpillparents.com/?p=392 conscious parenting starts with conscious living Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://redpillparents.com/?p=392&cpage=1#comment-218 Red Pill Mama Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:26:16 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=392#comment-218 What a great lesson for your daughter! Red Pill Papa's been through that, too, and his daughter learned that same fantastic lesson. Thanks for mentioning Australia's commercial regulations: I really need to do a post about how other countries deal with and regulate advertising to kids! What a great lesson for your daughter! Red Pill Papa’s been through that, too, and his daughter learned that same fantastic lesson. Thanks for mentioning Australia’s commercial regulations: I really need to do a post about how other countries deal with and regulate advertising to kids!

]]> http://redpillparents.com/?p=392&cpage=1#comment-122 Christine Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:30:04 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=392#comment-122 Hey, Congrats on the site, I'll be following along. Just wanted to comment about the commercials, and how I wish we could be like Australia which does not allow advertising to children under 7, I think it's 7. We have full on industies that their sole job is to target our kids, and through them our wallets. That more than anything is the problem. Lastly, a couple of years back my oldest child, now 8 years old, hounded me for some junk item she had seen on TV, she recieved a gift card for her birthday and happily went out to the store and bought the item, stars in her eyes and all. Once it was home, and she realized how junky it was she was angry at the illusion that had been handed her. She now always looks scornfully at commercials, (as my instruction has helped), through her experience of her lost money and the junk she recieved and her dashed hopes of a wonderful toy. She even tells her little sister, who's eyes light up at all the magical toys on TV, "But Sarah, that commercial is just making it up, that toy isn't as good as they're making it look." And although my newly 5 year old gets that disapointed look on her face, I feel totally vindicated. And so you know, our screen time is only on Sat and Sun mornings, for about 2 hours, and sometimes a movie on Friday night. Hey, Congrats on the site, I’ll be following along.
Just wanted to comment about the commercials, and how I wish we could be like Australia which does not allow advertising to children under 7, I think it’s 7. We have full on industies that their sole job is to target our kids, and through them our wallets. That more than anything is the problem.
Lastly, a couple of years back my oldest child, now 8 years old, hounded me for some junk item she had seen on TV, she recieved a gift card for her birthday and happily went out to the store and bought the item, stars in her eyes and all. Once it was home, and she realized how junky it was she was angry at the illusion that had been handed her. She now always looks scornfully at commercials, (as my instruction has helped), through her experience of her lost money and the junk she recieved and her dashed hopes of a wonderful toy. She even tells her little sister, who’s eyes light up at all the magical toys on TV, “But Sarah, that commercial is just making it up, that toy isn’t as good as they’re making it look.” And although my newly 5 year old gets that disapointed look on her face, I feel totally vindicated.
And so you know, our screen time is only on Sat and Sun mornings, for about 2 hours, and sometimes a movie on Friday night.

]]> http://redpillparents.com/?p=392&cpage=1#comment-111 Mama Obama Scolds The Grocery Manufacturers of America, Will They Shape Up? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:20:20 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=392#comment-111 [...] and childhood obesity (“New Study Links Commercials in TV (Not Watching TV) to Obesity” http://redpillparents.com/?p=392), creating a deterrent to drinking soda by levying a soda tax (“Will a Big Gulp Tax Make a Dent [...] [...] and childhood obesity (“New Study Links Commercials in TV (Not Watching TV) to Obesity” http://redpillparents.com/?p=392), creating a deterrent to drinking soda by levying a soda tax (“Will a Big Gulp Tax Make a Dent [...]

]]> http://redpillparents.com/?p=392&cpage=1#comment-81 Jeff Jun Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:54:33 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=392#comment-81 Congrats on your great new Endeavor! Congrats on your great new Endeavor!

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