Some days, when I'm trying to take a break from people's tax issues, I come across something that scares the bejeebus out of me. Yesterday was one of those days.
While trying to pare down my RSS reader, I clicked on this article from alternet.org that delved deep into the world of junk food marketing. As someone who will be married in less than three months (yay!) and starting a family sometime soon after, my first thought was, "How do I keep my kids healthy with all of these bad influences?"
Turns out, the wizzes at the marketing firms have been hard at work for decades making sure that I can't avoid exposing my kids to this world of unhealthy, processed crap without taking drastic measures.
My children won't be able to avoid this onslaught of commercialism. The only option, then, is to severely restrict youth-focused marketing and change the way we, as a country, address food.
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