tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post6597015949335855300..comments2023-09-02T09:00:21.784-07:00Comments on Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: Hope and Hypocrisy Under the Golden ArchesCCFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12931718130435283048noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-2398981088060187482011-08-12T23:24:30.280-07:002011-08-12T23:24:30.280-07:00Nice and a wonderful post. Keep it up.Nice and a wonderful post. Keep it up.Generic Viagra Onlinehttp://www.brupharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-35064092835331995382011-06-23T12:42:20.878-07:002011-06-23T12:42:20.878-07:00If you don't feed your kids McD's - great ...If you don't feed your kids McD's - great for you, and them. However, you are still paying for the health effects of those parents that do not have your sense and fortitude. Health insurance premiums gone up lately? How about taxes? Well, most of the medicaid population feeds their kids McDonalds. As a matter of fact, most parents feed their kids McDonalds. So what? Too bad for those kids? They should have enough sense to be born to more intelligent discriminating parents like you? We are a "pro-life" society as long as the kids aren't born yet, as soon as they are out of the womb they are not our problem - their parents are the ones who are responsible. Of course that's true, but can't we help them out a little bit? Let's come in on their side rather than the mulit-billion dollar corporation who really doesn't need our help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-4473585493815433872011-06-17T13:26:03.452-07:002011-06-17T13:26:03.452-07:00I hate the saying, "hope is a gift, this is t...I hate the saying, "hope is a gift, this is the box it comes in" and shows a happy meal box. It seems like such a shallow interpretation of something so meaningful.violinwidowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653092300943017358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-43693175247907318092011-06-16T18:52:41.582-07:002011-06-16T18:52:41.582-07:00The REAL problem is that the McDonald toys are LAM...The REAL problem is that the McDonald toys are LAME! I wish they would be a little more like Chick-Fil-A and give out little books or decent toys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-51713975821169054902011-06-16T17:16:00.141-07:002011-06-16T17:16:00.141-07:00Parents need to learn how to teach their kids that...Parents need to learn how to teach their kids that just like playing with fire there is a right and wrong way to treat food. Junk is bad for your vessel. If you choose to consume it then you will suffer the consequences. Marketing is trickery and if your dumb enough to buy into it then you deserve what you get. Parents should be showing their children this from an early age so they have the tools to make good food decisions. So tired of people treating kids like they can't think for themselves. They can and it is all about how you treat them before they are five that will shape these sorts of skills for later in life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-19234044491850840212011-06-16T12:42:55.674-07:002011-06-16T12:42:55.674-07:00We, as parents decide what or what not to feed our...We, as parents decide what or what not to feed our children. I do not blame McDonald's for marketing to children - they have done it all along - I blame the parents that say that it's okay to eat junk day in and day out. I am not saying that my children have never had a Happy Meal, that would be a lie - but what I am saying is that we do not choose to eat our every meal at McDonald's (or any other fast food place for that matter) People just want someone else to blame for their children being overweight when in reality all they need to do is look in a mirror to see whose fault it really is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-47070084503775540122011-06-16T10:35:50.296-07:002011-06-16T10:35:50.296-07:00I was heartbroken when my friend's father was ...I was heartbroken when my friend's father was looking after my daughter and his grandson, and decided to take them to McDonalds. We had never been, for a reason. My daughter was, of course, thrilled with the fact she went and with the (garbage) toy she got. I guess, it at least it gave me the opportunity to explain to her why we don't go there . . . <br /><br />I don't see the commercials (we have a PVR and usually just watch nature shows at my house - though I can't say the same for my mom's . . .) and I hadn't heard about the donation thing, but I agree that there are far better ways of helping than eating poorly to do so. The negative effects of McD's across the board far outweigh their donations.<br /><br />~C~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-29214516598850604162011-06-16T10:02:31.286-07:002011-06-16T10:02:31.286-07:00My daughter (7 years old) has asked why I don'...My daughter (7 years old) has asked why I don't like eating at McDonald's. We do it, but I die a little inside with each Happy Meal. She asked "what about the Ronald McDonald House? If we don't eat at McD's, they won't exist." Yes, but there is so much more BAD that McDonald's does, from obesity, to heart disease, to diabetes, to environmental destruction, that it FAR outweighs the good of the Ronald McDonald houses.Alexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121866982550410238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371537877012050693.post-14780578309621359862011-06-16T09:28:33.487-07:002011-06-16T09:28:33.487-07:00I cringe at those commercials too, when they come ...I cringe at those commercials too, when they come up as I'm watching with my son. I usually say to the screen...if you want to give kids hope, wouldn't it just be better to help the kids directly?<br /><br />We don't go IN McDonalds (never have, with him, as I didn't want him to get marketed to and have to deal with the whole begging-for-McDonalds dynamic). Unfortunately he does watch Nickelodeon and now he DOES see quite a few McD's commercials. We talk about it. Like the cute one with the beautiful music and little animated birdies. Gorgeous. We talk about how that commercial is really pretty but it has nothing to do with the product, which isn't!Jen Nileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163444566554600803noreply@blogger.com