Target Children Should Be Banned

Advertisements targeting children should be banned in the United States. These two articles: Protect Children from Targeted Advertising and Self-regulation and Education-- Not Legislation sum up the main arguments regarding targeted child advertising. As the name implies, Protect Children from Targeted Advertising supports such a ban. Adversely, Self-regulation and Education--Not Legislation opposes a ban on child advertising. I believe whole-heartedly that advertising, especially when directed at children, is dangerous. The article first supplied, Protect Children from Targeted Advertising, closes their argument by stating that, not only is child advertising dangerous, it is unethical. The author supplies concrete evidence and facts. An example, The American Psychological Association (APA), as seen in paragraph two, reports that children under the age of eight years old do not understand that ads are meant to persuade. The fact that other countries, specifically the province of Quebec in Canada, have banned all forms of child ads. Also that, progressive countries such as Sweden and Norway have begun banning televised child advertisements. The argument as a whole is simple, children are being targeted …show more content…
The Children's Advertising Review Unit (CARU) is used in paragraph two as an example of businesses attempting to regulate themselves. Effectively, producing good, or at the least, non-harmful advertising for children. This article brings up valid points, but also lacks vital information in the facts they supply. It is said in paragraph two that, "A popular resturaunt is supporting a program for kids about healthy eating." but it does not state which resturaunt. More importantly to the argument of child advertising, it does not state if this program includes more healthy