Comments on: Understanding The Nag Factor: Are You an “Indulger” or a “Conflicted” Parent? http://redpillparents.com/?p=862 conscious parenting starts with conscious living Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:54:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: More on Consuming Kids http://redpillparents.com/?p=862&cpage=1#comment-350 More on Consuming Kids Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:01:52 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=862#comment-350 [...] wrote a while ago about the Nag Factor chapter from Consuming Kids, after my mom watched the documentary The Corporation and passed along [...] [...] wrote a while ago about the Nag Factor chapter from Consuming Kids, after my mom watched the documentary The Corporation and passed along [...]

]]> By: Kathy Slattengren http://redpillparents.com/?p=862&cpage=1#comment-312 Kathy Slattengren Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:32:53 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=862#comment-312 Thanks for this information. It's scary how effectively corporations target children ... and how much money is at stake. I just finished watching the documentary Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood. They did a wonderful job pulling together the data on how marketers target children and what impact it has on kids. Thanks for this information. It’s scary how effectively corporations target children … and how much money is at stake. I just finished watching the documentary Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood. They did a wonderful job pulling together the data on how marketers target children and what impact it has on kids.

]]> By: Red Pill Mama http://redpillparents.com/?p=862&cpage=1#comment-311 Red Pill Mama Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:18:30 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=862#comment-311 Wait until you get to the chapter about advertising in the schools (you've probably read it already) - it will make you even more glad you're not dealing with the U.S. school system! Wait until you get to the chapter about advertising in the schools (you’ve probably read it already) – it will make you even more glad you’re not dealing with the U.S. school system!

]]> By: Heather http://redpillparents.com/?p=862&cpage=1#comment-310 Heather Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:22:53 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=862#comment-310 I would add the culture of parents pressuring other parents to be consumers to this mix. I have seen it this way: birthday party "themes" of your favorite cartoon character. Everyone "has" to have a theme. The theme includes the pinata filled with an obscene amount of candy and "party favors" which in my house go straight into the trash. These partiess are the norm now. Anything less is tantamount to depriving your child in certain circles. I have also been around several people who have taken their 3 year olds to Disneyland numerous times. Their kids seem to enjoy that but I want to do that later with my son. Someone has actually offered to take him for me! As if my son couldn't wait another few years. That's really silly to me. I guess I'm a bare necessities kind of mom. We enjoy the fun and we participate, too but I see the cultural pressures of consumerism between parents all the time. I would add the culture of parents pressuring other parents to be consumers to this mix.

I have seen it this way: birthday party “themes” of your favorite cartoon character. Everyone “has” to have a theme. The theme includes the pinata filled with an obscene amount of candy and “party favors” which in my house go straight into the trash. These partiess are the norm now. Anything less is tantamount to depriving your child in certain circles.

I have also been around several people who have taken their 3 year olds to Disneyland numerous times. Their kids seem to enjoy that but I want to do that later with my son. Someone has actually offered to take him for me! As if my son couldn’t wait another few years. That’s really silly to me.

I guess I’m a bare necessities kind of mom. We enjoy the fun and we participate, too but I see the cultural pressures of consumerism between parents all the time.

]]> By: Anastasia http://redpillparents.com/?p=862&cpage=1#comment-309 Anastasia Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:42:09 +0000 http://redpillparents.com/?p=862#comment-309 I am reading the book now! I am only about 20 pages in, and already horrified. I am reading the book now! I am only about 20 pages in, and already horrified.

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