Why don’t they make cereal anymore like Twinkles? As this commercial shows, the box came with a storybook on the back, with such stories as “Sleepy the Baby Kangaroo” and “The Lion Who Loved Himself.” Oh wait, kids can’t read anymore. Rats.
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Advertising in Schools: How Bad Is It?
By 1.23.06
Having been referred to an article in USA Today about advertising in schools, our initial instinct was the same as Nancy Cox, the quoted president of the Florida PTA, who said, “We are opposed to using children for commercial purposes.” That was the self-inflicted antibodies against indoctrination talking, though, and we quickly shook them off. (And not just because the fruits of child labor are as sweet as child-labor-produced sugar.)
