You are teaching them critical thinking, which I think is one of the most important skills that a person can have.When watching TV with my son, I always made the point of asking him, "Do you think that toy works as well in real life as it does in the ads? We would usually agree, even from his limited experience, that it would not. I firmly believe in teaching children about advertising and showing them how it differs from real life.
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You are teaching them critical thinking, which I think is one of the most important skills that a person can have.When watching TV with my son, I always made the point of asking him, "Do you think that toy works as well in real life as it does in the ads? We would usually agree, even from his limited experience, that it would not. I firmly believe in teaching children about advertising and showing them how it differs from real life.