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Unhealthful Toys For Infants Might Lead To Harmful Habits Later In Their Lifetime
I was shopping for new toys for my 2 year old granddaughters the other day and was absolutely appalled by the choice of unhealthy toddler toys readily available for our children. I was so nauseated by the vast selection of unhealthy baby toys I felt I needed to vent here, both for myself and for those of you who want to leave comments at the end of the column.
It's terrible enough that we adults are bombarded on a day to day basis with sneaky marketing approaches meant to brainwash and instigate hyper-consumerist tendencies, but so many of the ploys intended to hook toddlers through their toys is just plain wrong! We as adults can at least recognize the rouse. We might still partake, but we have the decision making skills and (for the most part) the capacity to decipher when we are being catered to for our betterment or our impediment. Our kids simply don't have that ability; which is why it is up to us to cut out the injurious child toys.
One flagrant violator was the McDonald's McKids toy line. Within the french fry and burger cases, the backpack, and the kitchen structure were several dozen mini milkshakes, burgers, fries, and cookies. I shouldn't blame the McDonald's corporation for trying to profit and let's be factual, they would not sell these toys if people didn't buy them; but we have to comprehend that this is how our youngsters distinguish the brand and affiliate the golden arches with enjoyment as a juvenile. This kind of brand recognition marketing will maintain the obesity rate at a steady incline until we as role models stand up and take the issue into our own hands and begin saying no to unhealthy child's toys.
I also saw a donut shop toy set...yup, donuts. Let's face it, any child that recognizes custard filled donuts and iced mocha prior to seeing the inside of the shop is destined for cavities and diabetes... and that's the most positive scenario.
Like I said, I can't blame these billion dollar corporations for doing what they do first. We already know what they're all about. We know that for the most part they are cold, methodical, profit machines that will do whatever is necessary to ensure their fiscal well-being. Establishing unhealthy habits in our children only helps their future bottom line.
It is up to us to educate our children so that these marketing firms that are successfully initiating brand recognition at such an early age do not continue on to encourage the unhealthy baby habits that feed into the childhood obesity epidemic through unhealthy toys for our children and babies. They will continue to fabricate and market these toys to our children, but we need to bear in mind that the authority is always in our hands to say NO!
We can stop purchasing these unhealthy toys for our children and help our toddlers form healthy habits; or we can continue down the same path. Let our kids be influenced by people who don't care about them or their well-being. Allow them to be an additional unhealthy statistics in an increasingly unhealthy society. Or we can do what is right rather than what is easy. We can value our children by valuing our purchases for them. We can keep our honor by giving our kids a fighting chance against the illness and dysfunction both instigated and ignored by the fast food industry. Nevertheless, it all starts by what we choose to surround our kids with.
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