Nag tactics kids use --from Chew on This

I guess I hadn't realized that there were actual "nag" tactics that kids use--and more importantly that adults have studied this and use it for marketing kids.

Throughout the book "Chew on this", I guess I was surprised to find out that manipulation of our youth by the fast food industry. Had I stopped to think about it, sure, I guess it makes sense, but like with so much of our advertising culture, many of us just take for granted and accept what images/ideas we are being fed. Reading "Chew on this", not only disgusted me about what we are feeding our kids and ourselves, but disheartened me due to the commercial aspect of our society.


I copied a few passages that I wanted to remember from the book as a comment.

Newbery controversy

The Higher Power of Lucky not only won the Newbery award but is the center of controversy due to the use of the word scrotum. School librarians around the country are taking the books off the shelf.

The link will bring you to an NPR article about the controversy.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7484149

What are your thoughts?