Should there be a ban on TV ads aimed at children?
Pros Cons 1. There are many ads with 1. Television advertising is a vivid unhealthy content. For example, combination of images, sounds, advertising that promotes the use colors plus movement, and of alcohol or drugs. Children's television effects to give viewers advertisements encourage drug vivid and realistic images of what and alcohol usage by making it is happening in front of them. appear enjoyable and cool. Thereby creating attention, Similar to how Coca-Cola attracting and stimulating the commercials promote a refreshing curiosity of viewers, especially beverage. Advertisements are also children, and providing shown during commercial breaks consumers with more information during shows aimed at minors. about products and services than What these commercials clearly other advertising means. do not portray is how harmful alcohol is to youngsters and teenagers. Long-term alcohol intake can cause brain damage, and I've heard of many underage drinkers binge drinking. This is all due to commercials urging children my age to consume excessive amounts of alcohol. 2. Advertising can negatively affect 2. Advertisements may also have children's behavior. There are too motivating content that can many imaginary and fictional encourage children to choose a scenes in the advertisement, so profession or chase a specific many children think abnormally, dream. They can help them speak and behave like virtual develop a passion for the same characters in the advertisement. and work towards it from a young Moreover, there are violent age. advertisements, which greatly influence children's behavior. Many children will imitate and follow the bad things in the advertisement. From there, the children's personality will be eroded and become spoiled, uneducated children. 3. Advertising may affect children's 3. Some ads include content related health. Children can become to social change that can help obese due to the advertising of promote empathy and a sense of fast food on TV, which, although community responsibility in delicious, contains a lot of sugar, children. Environmental fat and other unhealthy additives. advertising also calls children's They will be attracted by the eye- attention to this issue. And some catching pictures of the dishes ads also show the consequences and from there they will ask their of alcohol and tobacco, which can parents to buy them. Obesity rates help children understand the risks in children aged 12 to 17 years involved and encourage them to old will fall if limits on food stay away from those products. advertisements are lifted, as they are currently. This is why I believe that food advertisements should be restricted in order to reduce the rise of obesity among children, who ask their parents for sweet treats or buy them themselves. 4. Children beg for items as a result 4. Advertisements that present other of advertisements, which affects children of a similar age engaging child-parent relationships. in activities like helping out in the Children's advertising is unethical house or saving can influence because they have little or no kids to do the same. Children are money of their own and must rely generally attracted to their on their parents to purchase items classmates and find it simple to for them. Companies utilize a emulate them. As a result, they "nag and whine" strategy instead are drawn to the possessions of of advertising directly to parents, their peers. This could also be which causes ill feelings between used to encourage youngsters to parents and children. They rely on use their natural curiosity for the power of persuasion to good. For example, certain persuade people to spend money advertisements – those for they don't have on products they hygiene products, for example – don't want to buy and that their can help inculcate good habits in children may only use for a few the child. hours. 5. Another essential drawback is 5. They can be a source of that advertisements may take up information. Certain too much time for youngsters, advertisements, especially public hence it may longer their screen service announcements present time and cause a negative impact innovations and technological on children's eyesight. For milestones that can offer a good example, when a child is working learning opportunity to the child. on his assignment with an iPad, Moreover, they also educate the an ad in video form might catch child about new products on the kids' attention and the child market. Healthy food choices would stop his assignment to advertised the right way can also watch the ad. Consequently, prompt the child to opt for a more children may spend more time balanced diet. watching the video advertisement, which will bring a damaging effect on their eyesight. I personally think that advertisements that appeared in children's programs should be banned.