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Unhealthful Toys For Kids May Result In Harmful Habits Later In Life

I was shopping for new toys for my 2 year old granddaughters the other day and was completely appalled by the choice of unhealthy baby toys readily available for our children. I was so disgusted by the vast selection of unhealthy baby toys I felt I needed to vent here, both for myself and for those of you who want to leave notes at the end of the post.

It's risky enough that we adults are bombarded on a daily basis with sly advertising approaches meant to brainwash and instigate hyper-consumerist tendencies, but some of the ploys meant to hook children through their toys is just plain wrong! We as adults can at least detect the rouse. We may still bite, but at the very least we have the judgment making skills and (for the most part) the intelligence to decipher when we are being catered to for our betterment or our disadvantage. Our children plainly don't have that facility; which is why it is up to us to cut out the hazardous toddler toys.

One flagrant example was the McDonald's McKids toy line. Within the french fry and burger casings, the backpack, and the kitchen structure were several dozen mini milkshakes, burgers, fries, and cookies. I can't blame the McDonald's corporation for attempting to profit and let's be truthful, they would not sell these toys if someone didn't buy them; but we have to comprehend that this is how our youngsters recognize the logo and associate the golden arches with enjoyment at a very young age. This kind of brand recognition marketing will keep the obesity rate at a steady increase until we as role models stand up and take the issue into our own hands and start to say no to detrimental child's toys.

I also saw a donut shop toy set...yup, donuts. Let's face it, any child who knows custard filled donuts and iced mocha prior to seeing the inside of the shop is destined for cavities and diabetes... and that's the most positive scenario.

Like I said, I can't blame these billion dollar corporations for doing what they do first. We already know what they're all about. We know that for the most part they are cold, methodical, profit machines that will do whatever is necessary to ensure their fiscal well-being. Building unhealthy habits in our children can affect their future bottom line.

It is up to us to inform our children so that these marketing firms that are successfully initiating brand recognition at such an early age do not continue on to encourage the unhealthy baby habits that feed into the childhood obesity epidemic through unhealthy toys for our children and babies. They will continue to create and market these toys to our little ones, but we need to remember that the authority is always in our hands to say NO!

We can stop purchasing these unhealthy toys for our children and help our kids form healthy habits; or we can continue down the same path. Let our children be influenced by people who don't care about them or their well-being. Allow them to be yet another unhealthy statistics in a growing unhealthy society. Or we can do what is right rather than what is easy. We can value our kids by valuing our purchases for them. We can keep our integrity by giving our kids a fighting chance against the illness and dysfunction both instigated and ignored by the fast food industry. Nevertheless, it all starts by what we choose to surround our kids with.

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