Consuming Kids

Everyone in America no matter who you are watches a lot of television. being a daily part of our society, we don't realize how much t.v we watch and that we are actually sitting doing nothing. It's crazy to think the typical american family usually has more than one t.v in their houses and would rather watch t.v then communicate with others. In the video, consuming kids we realized how blown over kids were by these marketing commercials not exactly knowing that these are methods of persuading them to buy a certain product.  Kids typically think that spongebob mac and cheese is better than regular because of the characters, when really this is a way to persuade consumers. Everything that marketers present to the consumer fills their mind to shape what they want and influences them to buy certain items. I remember one day when i was younger, I was about 8 years old, I went to the grocery store with my mom and she asked me if I wanted yogurt, and I told her I wanted Danimals my mom wouldn't buy them for me because the other regular kind was cheaper. I threw a hissy fit and was stubborn because I didn't get my way. When my mom said no, I tried to convince her by telling her that i saw a commercial that they were for the "cool" kids. Of course, this didn't work, and I became upset but if only I knew what I know now then none of that would have mattered.