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Originally Posted by Mathew Green
And if they are never exposed to commercials, how are they going to learn that commercials lie and all those people just want their/your money?
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That's a valid point. I personally suport censoring commercials like I support not taking your 7 year old to R-rated movies.
Kids should be exposed to commercials, but preferrably only when they're old enough to understand them in context and to view them with a critical eye. At a certain age they're simply not capable of that kind of thought--their brains are working on other things at the time.
But once they get old enough for critical thinking (late grade school-ish) it would be good for parents to sit down and watch TV, commercials and all, with kids and discuss the messages being broadcast. It's a very valuable lesson for parents to teach!