In case you didn't know media is screwing America's kids over every day. There's an elaborate plan out there called 'make kids think they need stuff they don't need, to be accepted'. And I knew about it to one extent. I knew about part of it and was aware, and stayed away from those things but these people don't stop with just kids. These guys, target babies. They target babies! They make babies grow up addicted to stuff like TV, video games and internet. Then they rob babies and toddlers of their imagination. All for a quick buck! How sheisty is this shit?!
So I was reading on Yahoo, and I happend on this interview with some lady and she was talking about how 'playing' for kids, has become more like "press a button and watch the toy have more fun than you" (she was talking about TickleMe Elmo specifically). But its so true, how your kid gonna have a toy that does more than the kid has to do? And if the kid doesn't have to do anything what's the point. But I swear to god it looks so fun on TV right? Be looking like those kids are havin a ball! But thats for all of 5 minutes and next thing you know they're bored. So you gotta buy new, more exciting things to entertain them. And its not even just the toys. Its the fact that you have the toys, and you have the shows related to the toys. The characters are already embedded in the kids heads'. They don't have to make up names, scenarios, friends, anything. They are having it all fed to them by corporate America.
A kid who has never had to be creative and imagine anything outside what's given to them grows up with an incredible disability. They won't have the skills they need to think critically, feel empowered to take action, and develop solutions to problems; all the things you need to make a stand in a Democratic society (clearly Corp. America knows this, and they don't want your kids to take a stand because if they do, buisnesses can't do what they want). The way kids work things out when they're little is by playing pretend. If they don't need to pretend in order to work something out, because its already worked out for them, you're not raising a kid anymore just a machine; trained in how to handle everything, by the TV.
Its bigger than just TV, I mean TV is fine in moderation. Its what happens when TV is all the kid does. They live in that world. The difference in a kid watching TV then going outside and playing out the whole show is that they have to come up with scenarios, they have to create.
I know its hard to even wrap your head around, because I'm even having a hard time articulating it. I mean how can toys be harmful to a kid? Its not a negative thing, but in everyday context it can be.
"We’ve reached a point where nurturing creative play is actually counter-cultural. Creative play is actually a threat to corporate profits. Children who play creatively don’t need as many of the things corporations sell to us, they’re not as dependent on them."- Susan Linn
and here's the link, read the article for yourself http://babble.com/susan-linn-kids-dont-play/index.aspx
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