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Marketing to Children

Why Parents Should Always Say 'Never' to Justin Bieber Bedding

Christina Pesoli | Posted 12.05.2012 | Parents
Read More: Marketing to Children, Samuel L. Jackson, Tweens, Sexualizing-Children, Nancy Reagan, Justin Bieber, Marketing to Tween Girls, Tween Girls, Marketing to Tweens, Parents News
Christina Pesoli

Here are five reasons why it's creepy to buy a young girl bedding featuring the likeness of the heartthrob du jour.

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A Locker Chandelier?

Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh | Posted 10.29.2012 | Parents
Read More: Marketing to Children, Tweens, Parenting, School, Back to School, Lockers, School Supplies, Tween Marketing, Marketing to Tweens, Back to School Supplies, Parents News
Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh

Thanks to some exceptional pre-tween marketing, Katie now views the locker as an "extension of her style." She's 7.

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Into the Mouths of Babes: The Case for Minding Our Business!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 07.01.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Brian Wansink, Food Marketing, Children, Bullying, Adolescents, Regulation, Obesity, Cspi, 1st Amendment, Childhood Obesity, Government, Chronic Disease, Nutrition, Obesity Epidemic, Dr. David Katz, Diabetes, Marketing to Children, Children Marketing, Obesity in Children, Children and Health, Children Health, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

The wellbeing of children is everybody's business, and everybody should mind that children are staring down the barrel of a glow-in-the-dark cheese doodle or sugar-laden cereal loop at foreshadowed health and foreshortened lives.

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This Week's Stupid Gendered Kids' Clothes Contest Winner Is...

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 01.16.2012 | Parents
Read More: Pink, Pretty Like Mommy, Gender Stereotypes, Smart Like Daddy, Stereotypes, Clothes for Boys, Gymboree, Clothes for Girls, Children, J. C. Penny, Marketing to Children, Gender, Parents News
Soraya Chemaly

The winner of this week's stupid gendered kids clothes contest is... Gymboree's baby onesies that read: Smart Like Daddy. Pretty Like Mommy.

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Feds Ask Companies To Limit Food Marketing To Kids

Slashfood | Posted 06.29.2011 | Home
Read More: Food Marketing, Food Marketing to Children, Junk Food Ads, Lucky Charms Cereal, Food Politics, Marketing, Marketing to Children, Kellogg's, Childhood Obesity, Home News

Is the federal government about to put Tony the Tiger out of a job? In the face of a national epidemic of childhood obesity, a collection of federa...

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Down on the Clown

Raj Patel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Reagan, Ronald McDonald, Carter, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Consumerism, McDonald's, Advertising, Fast Food, Marketing to Children, Marketing, Mcdonalds, Business News
Raj Patel

Ronald McDonald isn't just a clown. He's not just a pioneer in the marketing of food to children: he's also an architect. Without him, the food system we have today would look very different.

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