Super Bowl Ads and Young Children
Did you and your family watch the Superbowl last night? Not everyone watches for the football - many people watch for the advertisements and the half time show. But, are the ads really kid-friendly (or the half time show for that matter)? The article below, written by the Children's Screen Time Action Network, demonstrates that they just might not be, and what you as a parent can do about it. It was January 1999 and the Falcons and the Broncos were playing in Super Bowl XXXIII when I had the moment. (Not the Janet Jackson moment, that came later.) But, the 'my-kids-should-not-be-seeing-ads" moment. You could argue it was the moment that led me here to CCFC. We were happily having a family gathering to watch the game. Drinks, friends, and pigs-in-a-blanket. Cut to an ad [...]