TV Advertisements towards Young Children (Entry #20) I suppose it is best to ban television advertising directed towards young children in the age of two to five. There are many reasons why I believe such restrictions in advertisements are essential. First of all, children at the age of two to five are not completely aware of their own situation in life. They are heavily dependent on their parents for virtually everything, such as health products, garments, and etc. They can never decide what is good or what is bad for them thoroughly and in every aspect. Thus, parents should be the ones who make such decisions for them and that's why the television advertising for young children should be directed towards parents, instead of their kids. Moreover, young children tend to follow bright colors, happy songs, and fun shapes. The advertisements designed for these ages often contain at least one or two of the mentioned elements. In this way, the advertisements will attract a lot of young kids and develop in them, a feeling of urge to have those products for themselves. This is indeed a clever idea for companies to sell their products, however it is the poor parents who have to pay for them, even though they know that they are no use for their kids. In other words, they are forced to buy them and please their children, and that is not really fair. Also, if parents are not convinced to buy a product, regardless of their kids insisting, this might cause a negative psychological effect on the children and even remain with them until adulthood. These children might suffer from sadness, jealousy for other kids who have those products, deprivation, and lack of attention from their parents. At last, I believe that directing advertisements towards young children to sell them products can not be very wise. In fact, companies need to focus their budgets on advertisements that will gain the attention of the parents that are the actual buyers. + Thanks in advance for the corrections :)