Advertising aimed at children and
young teenagers under 16 should be banned. Do you agree? – by Kim Sung Won, Year 11, Sayfol International School
Advertisements
are everywhere all the time. Our children live their lives surrounded by
uncontrolled advertisements. There are many types of commercials. There are
strong, interesting, impulsive or informative types of advertisements shown
everywhere. I think that uncontrolled promotions are dangerous to our children.
Therefore, I believe to a large extent that advertising aimed at children and
young teenagers under 16 should be banned.
Firstly,
children cannot control their desires. They will waste all their pocket money
on useless things. Commercials aimed at children will seem very interesting to
them but makes them impatient to open their purses to purchase the thing being
promoted. Children don’t know the value of money. The pocket money obtained
from their parents is much more valuable that they think. Money doesn’t grow on
trees. Parents have to work hard to earn the money but children don’t know that
and spend money carelessly. Therefore, advertising aimed at children and
teenagers is very dangerous.
Secondly,
children are gullible. They are not mature enough so they believe everything
they see or hear. Commercials always give attractive information and
explanation about a product. However, our children will accept everything they
see or hear without much thought and harass their parents to buy the things for
them. Children are not mature enough to think discriminatingly so they will
make mistakes. Advertising gives a lot of misleading information. However,
children cannot differentiate between truth and deception. They do not consider
the disadvantages of the products in the commercials.
Some
people argue that being exposed to advertisements will teach children to think
more discriminatingly. It is true that commercials give us a lot of information
- some true and some not. Children and young teenagers can learn to sort this
information. As a result, children will grow up more quickly and become more
mature. Their thoughts will become deeper. While this is true, I still believe
that uncontrolled advertising is dangerous to children and young teenagers.
In
conclusion, I don’t think companies should be allowed to advertise to children
and young teenagers. They will waste a lot of money as they are too young to
think deeply. No doubt commercials give us a lot of information and provide
children a chance to mature more quickly but the disadvantages definitely
outweigh the advantages.
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