How to resist advertising pressure to buy more toys for your child 21 Articles

by Summer Minor

More, more, more! You're not really happy unless you own this, and this, and this, and a couple of these too! Don't be the only one on the block without one of these! Look how happy they look playing with this, don't you w...read more

by Dana Toutloff

We all want to say no, when it's right to say no. But, when our hearts are beating so consistently and powerfully for the little face longing for the item they've seen flashing across the television, hanging on fast food p...read more

by David Riel

It's hard for parents to resist advertising pressure to buy more toys for their children. Advertisers know how to create desire in tiny hearts. Here are five ways you can resist advertising pressure to buy more toys f...read more

by Alisa Mantall

Resisting the temptation to purchase the latest advertised toy is difficult to say the least. You got one child begging for anything that has to do with 'Spidey" and the other begging for some high priced new video game. ...read more

by Taye Foster Bradshaw

The fluorescent coloring, the jumping cartoon characters, the dancing girls, the talking robots, all of it bombards my four and six-year old girls every time they turn on the television or computer. The Disney Channel, Ni...read more

by Michka

Perhaps, the best deterrent to becoming an impulsive "toy buyer" is to acknowledge the reasons behind the urgency to buy said toys. Many parents lead extremely busy lives trying to give their children what they consider t...read more

by Jon Coe

Nowadays, both parents are working so much, that it seems that they are buying bigger and better toys for their children! Does spending more money on your child, compensate for not spending time with them? I often see p...read more

by Leanne Bloms

It is really difficult to resist buying more toys for your child. Either they are screaming for them at the store and you do not want to listen to them and make a big scene, or you just love to see your child's face ...read more

by MikoLyn

How to resist advertising pressure to buy your child more toys becomes easier when: 1) The toy boxes begins to over flow so you run out to buy a bigger toy box because you have invested a fortune in these toys and you ...read more

by Jared Garrett

I have four small kids. They are a delight and a huge responsibility. There are times that our toy room/office (yes, this is an odd combination, we have a small house) looks like we have fifteen kids who all have too many ...read more

by Angie N.

It's very easy to resist the pressures of buying toys when your child doesn't have the verbal ability to beg you for them. But what happens once your children become hip to the sales pitches & they are whining that they j...read more

by Cynthia Harlan

I have never had a problem resisting advertising pressure to buy more toys for my kids. I have never had the money so we just didn't have this problem. However, I do have some helpful advice for people who do have it. ...read more

by N. A. Hernandez

It is hard to say no as your child sees a commercial and asks you to buy that toy for her/him. You want to give them everything and make them happy, so when you tend to buy and buy for them. I have done this so much and...read more

by Julie V

Children benefit from having a variety of toys available to them. With that being said, too many toys can actually be distracting and overwhelming to a child. If your child is old enough to recognize the commercial adverti...read more

by A Wilson

Do you want your children to be materialistic and greedy, defined by their possessions? Perhaps your desire for your children is that they blend into the crowd, and never excel or demonstrate unique talents. You may wa...read more

by Kenneth Schortgen Jr

For one, a parent who uses the television as a diversion is being somewhat delinguent because your child is being hit with the years of psychological knowledge that advertisers have formulated to make adults react, so it w...read more

by Maria K.

I am always somewhat reluctant to write articles dealing with child development, due to the simple fact that I don't have children of my own. All I have to fall back on is observing my own parents and my friends who do hav...read more

by Debra Cornelius

In addressing the issue of advertising pressure to buy more toys for your child, it is necessary to begin at the beginning and look at how, when, where and what advertising is being aimed at even young children in these da...read more

by Emmy Daniels

The purpose of advertising is to promote coveting. Advertisers want you to not be satisfied with what you have. They want you to want more. So one of the best ways to avoid the pressure is to turn off the T.V. If you al...read more

by Teresa Meakin

In my opinion parents who simply keep going out and buying all the latest toys thats advertised are just simply spoiling them, or they are just doing it so that their kids look cool in front of their mates. I have 2 son...read more