I decided that I'm either going to be in advertising or marry someone who is. (I'd prefer the latter. No musician likes resorting to jingles.)
Why?
Well, when little kids see the commercials for My Little Pony and Play-Doh and Barbie and whatever the hell else is out there, they hear their stupid claims and just WANT them more than anything. I don't want to raise these kids.
I want to raise the kids that have used those toys and can testify to the B.S., that can make their own decisions; even that young. I'll teach them sooner and they'll get it before they're caught up in the adolescent whirlwind of materialism.
See, if the family is in advertising, I assume we'd get the endorsed product for free or at least heavily discounted or something like that. So the kids will play with it, make what they want of it, and then watch Mommy or (hopefully) Daddy's glorified commercial. They will totally realized the difference and won't always believe in the overkill praises on TV about a pink plastic pony.
Because, frankly, this causes a lot of problems. And it's not just commercial products that are shopped around. It's ideals, opinions, and standards. I want to help in creating a future generation that is trained not in certain "built-in" opinions, but rather in thinking for itself from the very start.
Now, I know you're supposed to shelter your kids in a certain way, but this doesn't mean you can't teach them decision-making early on. Believe me, it's a good thing. Otherwise, you'll end up like me: choked by a control freak with siblings who love battling for power and don't think for themselves.
Yeah.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
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