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Why would I want to
spend two hours there?

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But if the child nags
enough you 're going to go

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We saw the same thing with
movies with home video

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with fast food...
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We do have to break
through this barrier

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where they do tell us
or they say

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they don’t like it
when their kid snag.

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Well that’s just a general
attitude that they possess.

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It doesn’t mean that they
necessarily act upon it

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a 100 percent of the time.
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You can manipulate
consumers into wanting

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and therefore buying
your products.

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It's a game.
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Children are
not little adults;

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their minds
aren’t developed.

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And what’s happening is that
the marketers are playing

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to their developmental
vulnerabilities.

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The advertising that
children are exposed to today

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is honed by psychologists;
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it's enhanced by
media technology

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that nobody ever
thought was possible.

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The more insight you have
about the consumer

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the more creative you’ll be in
your communication strategies.

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So if that takes
a psychologist

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yeah we want one
of those on staff.

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I’m not saying it's wrong
to make things for children.

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I also think its
important to distinguish

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between psychologists who
work on products for children

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to help you know toy
corporations make toys

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that are developmentally
appropriate.

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I think that’s great
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that’s different
from selling the toys

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directly to the children.
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Initiative is huge.
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I think in
the U. S. we place

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about $ 12 billion
of media time.

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So well put it on TV
well put it in print

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well put it up in outdoor
well buy radio time;

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so we're the biggest buyers of
advertising time and space

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in the U. S.
and in the world.

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One family cannot combat
an industry that spends

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$ 12 billion a year trying
to get their children.


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