Alas, I am insanley glad I am no longer four feet tall. When you are only four feet tall, everyone has an alterior motive for your future.

McDonald’s says: “Ooh, let’s make our Happy Meals come with a dolly! Evryone knows nine year olds are suckers for dollies! Oh, and maybe if we make the kiddies think it’s good clean stuff, they’ll drag ol’ mom in for a 5,000 calorie salad! Piece o’ cake! And don’t forget the McFlurry!”

Mattel: “I have an idea, we can put the most expensive stuff withtin the kid’s line of sight! It’s brilliant!”

Anheuser-Busch: “Make sure the people in marketing put bright colors and round appealing shapes in our ads in Good Housekeeping! We want everyone to take notice!”

Everyone is throwing stuff in your face screaming “BUY ME! BUT ME!” and of course, what’s a third grader to do except want? When the media trains you to want, you want!

Everyone wants the kids familiar with them so they have brand loyalty, or whatever it’s called.

Biggest Offender: Walt Disney.

Well, not exactly him personally, but come on, “Mickey”  is one of the first things a kid learns how to say!

Even now that I’m older, the companies eat away at kids.

When I saw a camel ad, I tried to ignore the fact that I loooooved the graphics and the pink and the black! It all paried up sooo nice! Maybe I’m not as aware I pretend to be, or would like to think, I thought to myself.  *tear, tear* Maybe I’m not special!

Well it didn’t go exactly like that, but you get the point? My mom laughed when i showed her the ad, because she though

A. It was funny how distraught i was over liking, it, she reasoned it was because I simply had an avererage brain.

b. she thought it was ugly.

She also was amused by the fact that Victoria’s secret came out with sweatpants and other random stuff geared towards mostly teenagersm, though i’ve caught both elderly women and eight year olds wearing their stuff … .

any ways, i’m bored talking about buying stuff so,

xoxoxo

muffin impeacher.