Bloomchild - BLOOMCHILD BLOG - No Purchase Necessary. I recently attended the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood summit. Interestingly enough, Lenore Skenazy of Free Range Kids, opened the event by talking not about marketing to kids, but instead about the effects of marketing and media on parents. While marketers know that sex sells nearly everything, they also know fear and insecurity sell just about everything else. They know how to get our attention - make us think for a second that our children might not be living to their full potential or heaven forbid might be falling behind or in actual danger and of course, they have our rapt attention.
The problem is, it is often, well...b.s. Lenore said (I’m paraphrasing, forgive me) parents become convinced, before their child is even born, that when their baby comes out it will be this lump with which they have this very limited window to mold into The David. In this sea of advertising, media and marketing, we need to find our natural footing as parents. InBrief: Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning. Resiliency resource site index. Frequent TV Viewing Causes Retardation of Comprehension | Root Parenting - Early child development research and insights. Resources / Brain Development Early Childhood & Media. Young Brains | ChildCareExchange.com.