Many people think that advertisements aimed at children should be banned. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is believed that all forms of advertising and marketing to children should be prohibited on the media channels. Personally, I strongly agree with

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viewpoint due to the potentially detrimental effects

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practice will cause to their perception of reality in the long term even though

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practice may have several immediate benefits for children. On the one hand, those who are the supporters of the availability of

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marketing strategy may argue that adverts, especially TV commercials, could act as a common TV program which provides a useful and entertaining source for children. A typical example for

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is perhaps the familiar scene of children curiously staring at the TV commercials to catch up with the newly launched products on the market, and it is somewhat true that while they enjoy the moments of ear-catching music and intriguing cartoon characters in the advertisement, they would obtain certain information from the brief product introductions and expand their understanding about the surroundings.

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, I suppose that

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view is rather short-sighted, and prohibition should be imposed on advertising

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at children when their instant positive seems to be vastly outweighed by the deleterious implication on children’s cognitive development in the long run. As children are basically vulnerable and easily influenced by their surroundings, the frequent exposure to adverts can mislead children’s perception of reality when a majority of information added by marketers nowadays are often greatly exaggerated or, even worst, distorted to serve for their marketing purposes. One of the most obvious examples is the inadequate dietary

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of many children when they have been bombarded with tons of adverts about the freshness and nutritional values of fast food or how natural the reconstituted juice is, all of which can negatively contribute to an inappropriate lifestyle, particularly the regular consumption of unhealthy food when they reach adulthood. In conclusion, I firmly believe that advertisements targeted at children should be forbidden in order to prevent the potential negative impacts on children’s mental development. For the sake of our future generations, the government should take an instant course of action toward

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critical issue before everything is too late.