Cookie No More?

[Harvest Moon]

It's true that comic, why don't they just GIVE thier kids to the goverment right now and be done with it?

How did our grandparents, nay, how did WE manage? What seperates now from then?

And didn't they have Elmo and the Hispanic guy befriending vegitables before this crap anyways? Or was that not enough? The liberals should take thier own advise and not be so damn obsessive..

This sickens me almost as much as the minute-men..

[Shlup]

How did our grandparents, nay, how did WE manage? What seperates now from then?

Compare how many marketing campaigns there are targeting children now to how many there have been in the past. The increase in the aggressiveness of these campaigns is astounding to me.

And I’m ignoring the rest of what you’ve said because I’m tired of hearing “liberal” and “conservative” tossed around wherever we need someone to complain about.

Maybe parents should limit their child's intake of TV then. ?

Yes, they should. And often do. Should parents turn off the TV entirely? Seems like it.

Yes I know not only television is responsible for the barrage of advertisements directed at children, however television is responsible for most of it. My point is, if parents would stop plopping their kids in front of the TV while hiding behind "educational purposes" when they're really using technology as a baby sitter, they wouldn't have to deal with the screaming fits about barbie, cookies, apple juice and all that mess.

People are quick to blame parents. They're right to do so, for the most part, but it seems like everyone's going to far and wanting to push all the blame on the parents. Have you ever thought about how impossible it is to monitor every single thing your children do? Should we keep them away from peers, leave them at home when we go to the grocery store, and paint the car windows so they can't see outside?

Parents aren't the only influence on children. Not by a longshot. And I think the fact that Sesame Street is willing to help parents out by doing what they can to ensure children can watch at least one show without being encouraged to gorge on candy and sweets, awesome for them.

It's always your choice to let your children view propaganda. You can't really blame the people who put it out there when you don't pay enough attention to your kids to KNOW what they're seeing, and more importantly, why they're seeing it.

You should feel lucky I'm not a mother because if I was and had read that I don't think I could help but scream. xD You should save that post and look back on it when you've got kids in elementary school. You'll either laugh or cry.

Bring back cookie monster. ;_;

I watched some of it. Cookie Monster hasn't changed at all, and I thought the change was great.

Cookie Monster was always one of my favorites too, so I understand that people are resistant to change, but, I mean... come on. Doesn't anyone think it's okay for someone other than parents to care about kids health?