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Ed Mayo and Agnes Nairn
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Constable (29 Jan 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1845298802
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845298807
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 287,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The targeting of children for commercial purposes, using as they do all the seductive wizardry of modern technology, creates shoppers instead of citizens, and has become a rampant contagion, an abuse that corrodes a child's liberty of thought and being and erodes individuality and humanity. As a tool of propaganda and indoctrination such commercial pressure on the young is effective and powerful because it is insidious. Many of us have felt this to be true for a long time. Here is a vitally important book that proves the case conclusively. Every MP should read it, every minister, every family. --Michael Morpurgo

Anyone concerned with children should read this book. It is fascinating and disturbing at the same time. --Chris Kelly, Chair of NSPCC

Most parents would be shocked by the scale and sophistication of today's marketing to children. This is a landmark book, full of ideas and solutions for reclaiming childhood for children. --Oliver James

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The first book to expose just how our kids are targeted as consumers and why it matters for us all.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By T. Lane
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Compelling expose of the tactics employed by big business and commercial interests to target young people. Methods range from the sneaky/underhand to the frighteningly devious. Great that the authors have used young people's views/quotes and a variety of interesting research.

Also very readable and hard to put down.

For me, this book coupled with "The Disappearance Of Childhood" by Neil Postman answers much of the questions about what is going wrong with young people in society. The book also provides some appropriate responses/solutions for society, parents and children.
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As much as I like this sort of book, I do feel that perhaps this book was a little one-sided. I wouldn't give it two stars though because these sorts of books shouldn't be so casually rejected for attempting to change the world. Juliet Schor's Born to Buy is a better read.
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This is a fantastic book about a very important topic. As parents it is important to arm us with the insight in this book so we can protect our children against the tide of consumerism that they are likely to grow up in.
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