The debate on the impact of advertisements on children has been contentious lately. Some people are of the opinion that advertisements have a negative impact on children while others do not think likewise. I completely agree that advertisements should not be shown to children because of the negative influence that it will have on them.
The most compelling reason for my view is that I believe that advertisements are just a form of marketing gimmicks, targeted at specific audiences to convince them into buying unnecessary items. In this case, when children are exposed to advertisements relating to toys, chances are that they will be pestering their parents to splurge on redundant objects. The money spent on these items could have been spent on more practical items.
The next reason to support my opinion is that nowadays advertising companies invested a humongous amount of money into advertising food. Take Macdonalds as an example, it is a fast-food restaurant that serves unhealthy foods. However, in recent years, the advertisements have been improvised to create an illusion of healthy burgers selling in Macdonalds. Many children who were influenced by the false advertising, has chosen to take burger and fries on a regular basis. As a result, they all struggled to deal with obesity at a tender age.
The last reason to support my viewpoint is that, in a recent survey conducted on parents with young children, they shared that their children are often buying items as a form of competition among their peers due to the influence of advertisements. Personally, I feel that it is indirectly promoting a materialistic lifestyle among children as they spend unnecessarily to compete with one another.
To conclude, I strongly believe that it is imperative to ban all advertisements as it has proven to have a negative impact on children.
The debate on the impact of
advertisements
on
children
has been contentious lately.
Some
people
are of the opinion that
advertisements
have a
negative
impact on
children
while others do not
think
likewise
. I completely
agree
that
advertisements
should not
be shown
to
children
because
of the
negative
influence that it will have on them.
The most compelling reason for my view is that I believe that
advertisements
are
just
a form of marketing gimmicks, targeted at specific audiences to convince them into buying unnecessary items.
In this case
, when
children
are exposed
to
advertisements
relating to toys, chances are that they will be pestering their parents to splurge on redundant objects. The money spent on these items could have
been spent
on more practical items.
The
next
reason to support my opinion is that nowadays advertising
companies
invested a humongous amount of money into advertising food. Take
Macdonalds
as an example, it is a
fast
-food restaurant that serves unhealthy foods.
However
, in recent years, the
advertisements
have
been improvised
to create an illusion of healthy burgers selling in
Macdonalds
.
Many
children
who
were influenced
by the false advertising, has chosen to take burger and fries on a regular basis.
As a result
, they all struggled to deal with obesity at a tender age.
The last reason to support my viewpoint is that, in a recent survey conducted on parents with young
children
, they shared that their
children
are
often
buying items as a form of competition among their peers due to the influence of
advertisements
.
Personally
, I feel that it is
indirectly
promoting a materialistic lifestyle among
children
as they spend
unnecessarily
to compete with one another.
To conclude
, I
strongly
believe that it is imperative to ban all
advertisements
as it has proven to have a
negative
impact on
children
.
7Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
17Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
2Mistakes